Lufthansa

2023 - 2 - 16

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Lufthansa IT meltdown strands thousands of passengers (Reuters)

More than 200 flights cancelled at Frankfurt airport · More than 100 flights delayed · Deutsche Telekom says cables being repaired.

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Lufthansa—One Of Europe's Biggest Airlines—Suffers Tech Outage ... (Forbes)

German flag carrier Lufthansa suffered a major computer outage on Wednesday, the company announced, triggering a global wave of travel disruption as flights are ...

"There are still flights in the air, they will not be brought to the ground," a spokesperson for the company flights were [delayed or canceled](https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/01/11/all-domestic-flight-departures-paused-amid-faa-system-outage-heres-what-we-know/?sh=2e339439765d) in January following a system outage at the Federal Aviation Administration, a British Airways tech fault [grounded](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-26/british-airways-it-outage-grounds-planes-cyber-attack-ruled-out) more than 100 flights in February and Scandinavian airline SAS was hit by a [cyberattack](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/airline-sas-suffers-cyber-attack-205942172.html) on Tuesday. [bailed](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/26/lufthansa-9bn-bailout-german-government-coronavirus-flights) out by the German government. Its fortunes have since changed dramatically and the company [staged](https://www.ft.com/content/b5cc2607-6120-4e7d-9810-889d03835ad9) a massive turnaround last year. The airline has not used the term in its statements nor confirmed it to other outlets. Lufthansa is Europe’s biggest carrier and operates around 700 aircraft, according to Bloomberg.

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Lufthansa Cancels Flights After Cable Is Cut During Construction Work (The New York Times)

Thousands of airline passengers were stranded in Germany and around the world after a severed telecommunications cable knocked out Lufthansa's digital ...

On Tuesday, the Swedish airline SAS, which is a member of the Star Alliance airline network with Lufthansa, reported that its website and app had been targeted by hackers, causing the services to go down for several hours. “Due to the significant damage and situation on the site, the repair will be extremely difficult.” But earlier in the day, Lufthansa apologized to travelers and encouraged them to rebook flights scheduled for Wednesday. More than half the canceled flights were destined for Frankfurt Airport, leaving passengers who had been booked on those flights stranded. For Thursday, the airline said, it expected most flights to be on schedule. Frankfurt is Lufthansa’s main hub in Germany, and the international airport is the country’s largest.

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Lufthansa says flight operations 'stabilizing' after IT outage (CNN International)

German airline Lufthansa is 'stabilizing' its flight operations at Frankfurt airport after a company-wide IT outage led to a raft of flight cancellations ...

[Europe’s biggest](https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/lufthansa-lost-luggage-airtag-steve-odwyer/index.html), expects its flights to be “largely on schedule” on Thursday, it said in the tweet. Departures are also possible again in Frankfurt. “Lufthansa’s flight operations are currently stabilizing.

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Lufthansa's Global Fleet Grounded by Four Snapped Cables (Bloomberg)

Grounding one of the world's largest airline fleets took little more than four snapped Internet cables in a sleepy Frankfurt suburb.

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Lufthansa: IT failure causes cancellations and delays for thousands ... (Euronews)

An IT systems outage has prevented planes from taking off this morning leaving passengers stranded.

Passengers with domestic flights can switch to Deutsche Bahn until Sunday," a statement on the Passengers reported on social media that the company was having to organise the boarding of planes manually with pen and paper as it couldn't process luggage digitally. [airline's](https://www.euronews.com/travel/tag/airlines) website says. [train ticket](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/05/28/best-flight-free-travel-tips-for-getting-around-europe-by-train-from-an-expert-insider) and apply for a refund on Lufthansa's website. [Lufthansa](https://www.euronews.com/tag/lufthansa) has caused flight [delays and disruption](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/02/14/uk-border-force-is-threatening-a-holiday-strike-heres-what-that-means-for-your-christmas-t) on all the airlines they own. [Germany](https://www.euronews.com/travel/tag/germany) show chaos, with thousands of stranded passengers awaiting news.

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Lufthansa to cancel 34000 flights in summer schedule ... (Reuters)

"Lufthansa has adjusted the 2023 summer flight schedule from Frankfurt and Munich," the paper quoted a Lufthansa spokesperson as saying. The exact extent could ...

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Lufthansa Resumes Flights After IT Issues Crippled Operations (Bloomberg)

Deutsche Lufthansa AG is returning to normal flight operations after widespread software problems linked to damaged Deutsche Telekom AG broadband cables ...

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Lufthansa IT outage leaves thousands stranded, hundreds of flights ... (Fox Business)

A Lufthansa IT outage caused by a severed cable left thousands of passengers stranded Wednesday, with more than 200 flights canceled and another 100 ...

[European airports](https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/europe) reported cancellations as a result of the Lufthansa outage, with Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport canceling two flights and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport canceling one flight into Frankfurt. The severed cable is said to have contributed to passenger check-in and boarding system issues on Wednesday. The airline said it expected the situation to be stabilized by the end of the evening, with Frankfurt flights back on track by Thursday. The outage was caused by a severed telecommunications cable, with more than 200 flights canceled, according to reports. [FAA FACES SCRUTINY FROM LAWMAKERS AFTER RECENT NEAR MISSES: 'ALARM BELLS SHOULD BE GOING OFF'](https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/faa-faces-scrutiny-lawmakers-recent-near-misses-alarm-bells-should-going) It later said its IT system had rebooted and departure flights out of Frankfurt Airport had resumed.

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Lufthansa to Cancel 34000 Flights in Summer Schedule ... (U.S News & World Report Money)

BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa plans to cancel 34,000 flights in the summer half-year, German business weekly WirtschaftsWoche said on Thursday, ...

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Lufthansa cancels more than 1300 flights on Friday due to strikes (Reuters)

Lufthansa has cancelled more than 1300 flights on Friday, including all flights at the Frankfurt and Munich hub airports, as a result of strike action, ...

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Lufthansa Cancels 1200 Flights Due to Airport Strike Action (Bloomberg)

Deutsche Lufthansa AG will cancel at least 1200 flights for Friday due to strikes at its main Frankfurt and Munich hubs, the latest disruption to hit ...

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Technical glitch grounds hundreds of Lufthansa flights (Airport Technology)

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights were grounded or diverted at Frankfurt airport due to a technical glitch at Lufthansa, Reuters reported.

[flights across the US came to a standstill](https://www.airport-technology.com/news/us-faa-system-malfunction/) after technical issues in the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) computer system. The technical problems also led to the cancellation of a flight to Frankfurt from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. [Lufthansa](https://www.globaldata.com/company-profile/deutsche-lufthansa-ag) flights were grounded or diverted at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, due to a technical glitch at Lufthansa, [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-faa-says-flight-personnel-alert-system-not-processing-updates-after-outage-2023-01-11/) reported.

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Lufthansa Cancels More Than 1300 Flights Friday Amid German ... (MarketWatch)

By Adria Calatayud Deutsche Lufthansa AG said Thursday that it has canceled more than 1300 flights scheduled for Friday at its German hubs in Frankfurt and.

Write to Adria Calatayud at [email protected] By Adria Calatayud German union Verdi has called on public-sector employees at airports Frankfurt/Main, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen to join a strike Friday, resulting in the suspension of regular passenger operations at airports including Frankfurt and Munich, the German carrier said.

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Breaking: ALL Lufthansa Flights Cancelled From Frankfurt & Munich ... (Simple Flying)

Passengers are expected to be unable to depart these airports due to local strike action. shutterstock_1802078938 Photo: Markus Mainka / Shutterstock.com.

We urgently appeal to the involved conflict parties to return to the negotiating table and get into constructive dialogue. Lufthansa is hoping that its flight schedule will be largely back to normal on Saturday. If it were just Lufthansa's flights affected, passengers to London would potentially be able to travel with This will be made especially bitter given the disruption faced yesterday. More than 1,300 flight cancellations for Lufthansa Group airlines alone show once again how vulnerable and fragile the air transport system is to strike activity." Now, the airline's operations will be totally paralyzed for the second time in three days.

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Strikes at German airports force more than 1300 Lufthansa flights to ... (Anadolu Agency)

'We regret enormous impact of this warning strike which is being carried out at expense of our passengers,' says airline - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. "We regret the enormous impact of this warning strike which is being carried out at the expense of our passengers. "As a result, the Lufthansa Group is regrettably forced to suspend its flight operations at its German hubs in Frankfurt and Munich in particular for that day, canceling a total of more than 1,300 flights," it said in a statement about the flights scheduled for Friday.

Lufthansa Cancels Friday Frankfurt, Munich Flights for Strike (Business Travel News)

Lufthansa has canceled all flights into and out of the Frankfurt and Munich airports on Feb. 17 as the facilities will be closed because of a planned ...

For tomorrow, Lufthansa has canceled 570 flights, 73 percent of its total schedule, while Cityline has canceled 212. Cityline had canceled 63 flights, 23 percent of its schedule, and delayed 71. ET today, Lufthansa had canceled 235 flights, 29 percent of its schedule, and delayed 254.

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Lufthansa tech failure leaves planes grounded (BBC News)

More than 200 flights were cancelled at Frankfurt airport after construction work damaged broadband cables and caused check-in and boarding problems for German ...

Passengers with domestic flights can switch to Deutsche Bahn until Sunday," the airline said in a statement. Your online systems return an error each time I try to check [February 15, 2023] [View original tweet on Twitter](https://twitter.com/remog/status/1625793506462642177) No communication, no support, and hours of queue to understand what will happen. You cancel two of my flights, re-booked me twice, and stranded from India to Manchester for now over 24 hours. My flight MXP to FRA was cancelled and I can’t find out if I have been rebooked or how to rebook. The airline expect flights at Frankfurt to return to normal on Thursday.

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Lufthansa Cancels Nearly All Flights On Friday Due To Airport Strike (One Mile at a Time)

Friday is going to be a very rough day for aviation in Germany… In this post: Verdi trade union calls strikes at German airports; Lufthansa cancels all ...

More than 1,300 flight cancellations for Lufthansa Group airlines alone show once again how vulnerable and fragile the air transport system is to strike activity.” Specifically, both Frankfurt and Munich are suspending all passenger operations for Friday, causing Lufthansa to cancel all flights at its two biggest hubs. The union is calling on a strike for Friday, February 17, 2023, which will last all day, from 12:00AM until 11:59PM.

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Lufthansa Grounds Flights Due to Software Problem (Skift)

Lufthansa has suffered an "IT outage," prompting the German airline group to delay and cancel all its flights.

We regret the inconvenience this is causing our passengers.” “This is causing flight delays and cancellations. “Currently, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group are affected by an IT outage,” the company said

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