Lufthansa Airline Worker Strike Cancels Newark Flight

The Lufthansa worker strike has officially touched Newark.

The German airline has announced that flights between Dusseldorf Airport and Newark Liberty International will be affected by the ongoing cabin crew strike that kicked off on Saturday.

According to the carrier, the flight is the only intercontinental route to be affected by the labor dispute.

Lufthansa reported on its website that while the Dusseldorf-Newark flight arrived as scheduled on Sunday, the Monday flight was cancelled.

As of Monday, the airline reported that the Dusseldorf-Newark flight was cancelled on Tuesday, Nov. 10, but that flights for the remainder of the week were still scheduled.

Lufthansa issued a statement about the strike and cancellations on its website:

“The Independent Flight Attendant’s Organization (UFO) has announced further strike action on Tuesday, 10.11.2015 for all Lufthansa longhaul flights from/ to Frankfurt between 4.30 and 23.00 as well as longhaul flights from/ to Munich between 5.00 and 23.59 and all flights from/ to Dusseldorf between 4.30 and 23.00.

“Flights from Lufthansa Group airlines Lufthansa CityLine, Germanwings, Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, SWISS and Brussels Airlines are not affected by the strike actions and will therefore operate as planned.

“Lufthansa will do its utmost to keep the effects of a strike to a minimum and to inform passengers as soon as possible. For that reason, Lufthansa requests all passengers early on to stay up-to-date by checking the flight status on LH.com.”

According to the union, industrial action was “unavoidable” after Lufthansa and UFO failed to reach an agreement over early retirement benefits and pensions.

The worker strikes are expected to continue until Friday, Nov. 13.

The strike doesn’t extend to Lufthansa’s CityLine, Germanwings, Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, Swiss or Brussels Airlines divisions, Bloomberg Business reported.