Eurowings pilots began a three-day strike Monday, their union said, confirming the action that could affect thousands of the airline’s passengers.
“It has started. And so far there is no new offer,” said a spokesman for the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC).
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The union wants the airline to ease pilots’ workloads through measures such as increased rest periods, but Eurowings warned over the weekend that the demands put jobs at risk.
The airline had said it would cancel nearly 170 of about 400 scheduled flights at Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hamburg and Stuttgart airports on Monday, affecting about 20,000 travelers.
It expects to cancel a similar number of flights on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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