Main airline cancels 600 flights throughout Europe – full listing of UK airports affected

Britons are dealing with journey chaos this week after the airline was compelled to cancel flights from main UK airports.

Lufthansa strike disrupts flights in Munich, Germany - 12 Mar 2026

Lufthansa has been compelled to cancel lots of of flights this week (Picture: ANNA SZILAGYI/EPA/Shutterstock)

Lufthansa has been compelled to cancel lots of of flights throughout Europe this week, with 1000’s of British vacationers flying from main UK airports dealing with journey chaos.

Following the decision by the Vereinigung Cockpit union for full-day strikes on Thursday and Friday (March 12 and 13), a number of flights have been cancelled. The corporate mentioned there will likely be “unavoidable impacts” attributable to “a strike introduced at very quick discover affecting cockpit employees”, which is known to be linked to an ongoing pension dispute. Lufthansa, nonetheless, continues to be anticipating to function “greater than 50 %” of its complete flights. A particular flight schedule for each days impacted by the strikes has additionally been printed. A message on the corporate’s web site learn: “We remorse the impression on our clients, with whom we preserve trusted partnerships and who depend on our dependable transport options.

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A whole lot of flights have been cancelled attributable to a two-day strike. (Picture: Getty)

“On the identical time, we’re doing every thing attainable to take care of secure providers for our clients and to maintain vital provide chains shifting as easily as attainable.”

Essentially the most affected airports will likely be these in Munich and Frankfurt, the place flights will likely be taken over by different airways within the Lufthansa Group and by companion airways.

It’s understood British airports are prone to be affected too, and flights to Frankfurt from Manchester Airport and London Heathrow have been cancelled right now.

A spokesperson for Lufthansa confirmed the UK will likely be affected by the strike and added that the corporate fly from London-Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Glasgow to Frankfurt, and a few locations additionally to Munich.

The Vereinigung Cockpit union has introduced that it’ll exempt flights to the Center East from the strike name as a result of present geopolitical state of affairs.

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