Members of the Independent Flight Attendants Union (UFO) working for Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine voted on Friday in the final ballots that approve the use of industrial action.
At Lufthansa the vote passed with 94.02 % approval, while at Lufthansa CityLine it reached 98.63 %. The UFO will now decide how to proceed based on those results.
Harry Jaeger, head of tariff policy and negotiator for UFO, said:
> “What Lufthansa is currently selling as ‘smart productivity’ is in truth nothing more than a demolition of working conditions. Here, protection standards are being systematically dismantled. The cabin crew’s resistance and their fight for better working conditions therefore follows logically”.
For Lufthansa CityLine, the union says the situation remains unchanged and remains dire. It criticises the employer side, which is refusing to negotiate a collective social plan even though the planned halt of flight operations poses existential threats to roughly 800 cabin crew members.
Deputy chairwoman and tariff‑policy director Sara Grubisic added:
> “This vote is not just a confirmation but an assignment. Our members rightly expect that their demands will finally be taken seriously. If the employer side continues to stall or to seek confrontation, it is clear that cabin crews in both airlines are ready to take the next steps. The results of the final ballots give us the necessary momentum for that”.
