A one-day strike is planned at Lufthansa on February 12, 2026, which is expected to lead to widespread flight cancellations and delays across the group’s entire route network.
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots’ union has announced a 24-hour protest from 00:01 to 23:59 local time. The strike will affect flights departing from German airports and operated by the main airline Lufthansa, as well as Lufthansa Cargo. The reason is a dispute over the terms of corporate pension plans for approximately 4,800 pilots.
At the same time, the UFO flight attendants’ union announced its own action, which, according to Reuters, concerns the regional carrier Lufthansa CityLine and is related to a labor dispute over restructuring and negotiations on a social package.
In a service message to its partners, Lufthansa indicated that it expects “extensive cancellations” and recommends that passengers check their flight status in advance. It also notes that flights operated by a number of the group’s airlines and partners – Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, SWISS, Air Dolomiti, Discover Airlines, Edelweiss, and Lufthansa City Airlines — should not be affected, and normal schedules are expected to resume on February 13.
Lufthansa also reminds passengers that if a domestic flight within Germany or a flight between Germany and Basel is canceled, tickets can be exchanged for Deutsche Bahn train tickets.
