National strike in France announced for 14 to 16 September 2016

A national strike in France has been announced for the period Wednesday, 14 September, 19:00 local time until Friday, 16 September, 06:00 local time, which also includes the Air Traffic Control. Air traffic reductions have been implemented by the French authorities and therefore flight delays need to be expected. Single flight cancellations – especially on the Munich-Paris Charles de Gaulle route – have to be expected.

All passengers flying to/from France, as well as to or from Spain, Portugal and Northern Africa are kindly asked to check the status of their flight.

► Flight Status (Lufthansa)

Lufthansa passengers who have saved their mobile phone number in their customer profile will be notified about relevant cancellations by text message.

To find out more about the effects of the strike on flight operations of Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and SWISS, kindly check the respective websites.

• austrian.com
• brusselsairlines.com
• eurowings.com
• swiss.com

Customers affected by a flight cancellation can rebook once free of charge or have their ticket refunded. You are welcome to make rebookings/reissues for cancelled Lufthansa flights yourself in accordance with the Lufthansa Standard INVOL rules. You can make the refund on an involuntary basis directly in your GDS. In this case you do not need an approval/waiver from your Lufthansa Group Service Team.

You will find general information on handling flight irregularities on OS documents here.

You will find general information on handling flight irregularities on LX documents here.

You will find general information on handling flight irregularities on SN documents here.

Lufthansa regrets the inconveniences caused by this strike announcement and will do its utmost to keep the effects of the strike to a minimum.