The Verdi union has announced a strike by ground staff at Lufthansa, scheduled to take place from 4 a.m. to 7:10 a.m. on Wednesday, affecting airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, and Dusseldorf. The union is demanding a 12.5% wage increase for 25,000 workers, or at least 500 euros more per month over a 12-month period, citing a higher cost of living and heavy workload due to staff shortages. Lufthansa is yet to determine the number of flights that will be cancelled as a result of the strike.
A Swiss Airlines plane departed from Zurich to Bilbao without any of its passengers' checked bags due to a shortage of ground staff. Passengers waited for over two hours at the conveyor belt before being informed that their bags were left behind. The flight crew decided to fly without the bags for operational reasons, as the plane had to transport another set of passengers before the airport closed. The bags are being flown to Bilbao, but no specific arrival time was given. This is not the first incident of a plane departing without passengers' bags, as similar incidents have occurred in the past.
A Swiss Airlines plane departed from Zurich to Bilbao without any of its passengers' checked bags due to a shortage of ground staff. Passengers waited for over two hours at the conveyor belt before being informed that their bags were left behind. The flight crew decided to fly without the bags for operational reasons, as the plane had to transport another set of passengers before the airport closed. The bags are being flown to Bilbao, but no specific arrival time was given. This is not the first incident of a plane departing without passengers' bags, as similar incidents have occurred in the past.
