Lufthansa fights night flight ban

Lufthansa Cargo is not taking the looming Frankfurt Airport night flight ban lying down. The airline’s Workers’ Council has launched what it calls an information offensive for the retention of the right to fly at night. “A ban on night flights would cut off Germany from the international flow of goods and lead to a relocation of production and logistics companies,” said Willi Roerig, chairman of the Central Workers’ Council. The campaign will also focus on the concerns of around 3 000 Lufthansa Cargo employees in Germany. “A shutdown of the airport between 23.00 and 05.00 hours would threaten the continued existence of Lufthansa Cargo and put thousands of jobs in our company and at numerous other logistics companies at risk,” he said.