Lufthansa strike halts over 500 flights, disrupts post-Easter travel for 90,000 passengers

Germany's skies turned chaotic as a Lufthansa cabin crew strike forced the cancellation of more than 500 flights on Sunday. The 24-hour work stoppage, coordinated by the UFO union, targeted the post-Easter travel rush, stranding around 90,000 passengers at major airports like Frankfurt and Munich. While Lufthansa scrambled to mitigate the fallout by deploying larger aircraft and sister carriers, operational recovery remained limited. The timing is deliberate, hitting a peak travel window when te