Lufthansa and the UFO union have agreed on a new collective agreement for approximately 19,000 cabin employees of Lufthansa Airlines. The core of the agreement is a wage increase of a total of 16.5% (with interest effect 17.4%) in several stages over the next three years. The collective agreement is valid until at least the end of 2026 and is accompanied by a corresponding peace obligation.
Michael Niggemann, Chief Human Resources Officer and Labour Director at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, stated, “I am very pleased about the agreement with our collective bargaining partner UFO – for our colleagues in the cabin, who do an outstanding job every day, and also for our guests, who finally have planning security again when flying with Lufthansa. Our goal has always been to find a solution at the negotiating table together with the union. We have now succeeded. At the same time, the agreed salary developments in all professional groups are also an economic challenge that we now have to deal with.”
The new collective agreement includes a full inflation compensation bonus of €3,000 net (part-time pro-rata) as soon as possible, table increases: eight percent as of May 2024; a further five percent by March 2025 and 3.5% by March 2026, increase in purser allowances (Purser I to €700, Purser II to €800), increase in the surcharge for holiday pay to €1,250, increase in the foreign language allowance to €65 and a term of at least 36 months. (£1.00 = €1.17 at time of publication).