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Lufthansa Cargo (LC) has warned customers that strikes tomorrow and Friday at Munich Airport (MUC) will mean its operations will be “significantly limited”.
German trade union ver.di has announced ‘warning strikes’ by security and ground handling staff at MUC on 27 and 28 February.
“As a result, it is likely that no cargo will be transported from, to, or via, Munich on Lufthansa Group passenger aircraft from Thursday at midnight to Friday at 23:59pm,” Lufthansa Cargo warned customers yesterday.
Further, from midday today until midnight on Friday, LC has embargoed inbound road feeder services land shipments, temperature-sensitive products, live animals, and perishables.
For affected shippers with contracts with LC, it clarified this as “an exceptional event, about which [they] have been duly informed”.
The German carrier assured it would aim to minimise the impact and asked customers to “proactively check the status of [their] shipment via its eTracking service on the respective booked flight”.
“We regret the necessary adjustments, and any inconvenience caused,” it added.
Munich, Germany’s second busiest airport, emphasised it would not be closed on the two strike days and said it was “at the discretion and decision of the respective companies whether they are cancelling flights or not”.
According to MUC, airlines have registered around 830 flight movements for both Thursday and Friday, but said the level of strike participation by the various service providers and the impact on flight operations was not possible to predict.
It told The Loadstar it was expecting “considerable impact on all flight operations, including cargo and belly load” and said: “The aim of the airport, the airlines and all partners is to ensure the greatest possible stability through forward-looking planning and to reduce inconvenience as far as possible.”
Meanwhile, ver.di also called out employees in all parcel centres in Germany on a warning strike yesterday evening until the early hours of this morning.
Negotiations on an increase in pay for employees at Deutsche Post, a DHL Group subsidiary, have been under way since the beginning of January and, after three rounds of negotiations, no agreement has been reached. More talks are planned for next week.
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