Lufthansa’s flights to Budapest on Friday have been canceled due to a strike by the airline’s flight attendants, reported the website of Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport.
On Friday, April 10, 2026, Lufthansa flights to and from Budapest were heavily disrupted due to a one-day strike by the airline’s cabin crew, called by the German union UFO (Independent Flight Attendants’ Organization).
The walkout, which began at midnight and ran until 10:00 p.m. local time, affected all Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine departures from major hubs like Frankfurt and Munich, as well as other German airports. As a result, multiple scheduled arrivals in Budapest from Frankfurt and Munich, along with departures from Budapest to those cities, were canceled, while services on Saturday were expected to largely resume.
The action—Lufthansa’s third major labor disruption in recent months—stems from failed negotiations over working conditions for around 19,000 cabin crew and a social plan for employees impacted by the planned restructuring of the CityLine subsidiary. At Frankfurt alone, roughly 75% of departures were grounded, leading to hundreds of cancellations across the network and affecting tens of thousands of passengers, many returning from Easter holidays. Affected travelers may be entitled to rebooking, refunds, or care under EU passenger rights, though compensation rules for strikes can vary.
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As flight information confirms, the following aircrafts have not arrived in Budapest:
- The 8:35 a.m. flight from Munich
- The 8:55 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. flights from Frankfurt
- The 12:35 p.m. flight from Munich
- The 1:35 p.m. flight from Frankfurt
- The 4:50 p.m. flight from Munich
- The 6:20 p.m. flight from Frankfurt
- The 11:30 p.m. flight from Munich.
The 6:00 a.m. flight from Budapest to Munich did not depart, and the 9:15 a.m. flight will not depart either. Furthermore, the flights scheduled to depart at 9:35 a.m. and 11:55 a.m. to Frankfurt, at 1:20 p.m. to Munich, at 2:15 p.m. to Frankfurt, at 5:30 p.m. to Munich, and at 7:20 p.m. to Frankfurt will not depart as scheduled.
Lufthansa has not yet canceled its flights to and from Budapest on Saturday, confirmed bud.hu.
Lufthansa employees have been on strike since midnight, and the work stoppage is scheduled to last until 10:00 p.m. At Lufthansa’s largest hub, Frankfurt, nearly 75% of the 350 departures scheduled for Friday have been canceled.
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