Flight delays

AN IT fault left thousands of passengers stranded on Lufthansa flights across Europe on Wednesday, February 15.

Flights across the German carrier and its associated groups were grounded for much of the day after construction work damaged glass­fibre cables in Frankfurt.

The technological fault caused disruption to the company’s digital systems which forced airport staff to check in passengers using pen and paper and disrupted luggage check in services. The fault also caused delays and cancellations to flights affecting thousands of passengers.

Lufthansa took to Twitter to apologise for the fault, acknowledging that it was causing flight delays and cancellations.

The disruption caused shares in Germany’s flagship airline to drop by 1.5 per cent on Wednesday morning. The company also owns several other European airlines including Brussels Airlines, Swiss, and Eurowings.

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The majority of the positions cut will be in Germany with 2,300 redundancies expected. Another 1,300 of the positions cut will be in the UK, with the rest of the jobs cut in other European countries.

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