Lufthansa offers rebooking options ahead of German airport strike
Airline Lufthansa is offering numerous rebooking options ahead of Thursday's strike by German airport security staff.
The labour strike is expected to severely disrupt passenger air service at many German airports, as the security staff are needed to clear luggage and passengers into terminals and flights cannot continue without them.
Passengers booked to fly out of the airports in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden or Erfurt on Thursday have been urged by Lufthansa not to go to the airports, as boarding will not be possible.
The Munich and Nuremberg airports will not be affected by the strike, as public sector employees covered by a different union contract work there.
Lufthansa said those taking trains to Frankfurt for flights abroad should also be aware that boarding won't take place on Thursday.
Lufthansa called on customers to rebook their flights themselves via the app or to contact a service centre.
It is now possible for all passengers booked for Thursday to Frankfurt to exchange their tickets for a Deutsche Bahn railway ticket instead.
Longer waiting and transfer times are to be expected for arriving passengers in the transit area.
