In this file photo taken on September 27, 2019, an Airbus A320 of German company Lufthansa takes off from the Toulouse-Blagnac airport, near Toulouse. – Lufthansa said on November 6, 2019 it was scrapping 1,300 flights as German cabin crew pressed ahead with a two-day strike, plunging passengers into travel chaos amid an escalating row over pay and conditions.
The cancellations between now and the end of August will affect Lufthansa’s hubs in Munich and Frankfurt, a company spokesman told AFP.Lufthansa, one of the world’s biggest airline groups, already announced more than 3,000 flight cancellations earlier this month. Travel demand has roared back as coronavirus restrictions have eased, far outstripping capacity that had been pared back during the pandemic.
Other European airports and airlines are also struggling with bottlenecks and staff shortages, leading to long queues and travel disruptions during the peak summer period.