Travel chaos in Germany more and more bizarre: Lufthansa "at a loss" about the cancellation of its own flight
Created: 07/05/2022 15:07
By: Momir Takac
A Lufthansa Airbus A319-100 takes off from Frankfurt Airport.
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Passengers in Frankfurt are told that their flight to Berlin has been cancelled.
A short time later, the Lufthansa plane lands in the capital.
What happened?
Frankfurt/Berlin - The travel chaos in Germany manifests itself in all imaginable forms: Long queues at the security check at the airport, flights canceled at short notice, strikes by employees and luggage that only arrives at the holiday destination a week later.
The list could be extended, but one thing certainly hasn't happened yet: that an airline doesn't know anything about the cancellation of its own flight.
The bizarre story happened on Saturday (July 2, 2022) between Frankfurt am Main and Berlin.
A Lufthansa plane should take off from the Main metropolis at 9:15 p.m. and fly to the capital of Germany, reports the
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Travel chaos in Germany: Lufthansa flight first canceled, then machine takes off
However, the flight with the number LH202 was never advertised on the display boards at Frankfurt Airport.
An e-mail to the passengers, in which they were made aware of a change in the gate, made the trip chaos perfect.
Once there, the travelers were told that the flight was canceled and that no replacement flight was planned.
What makes the story so weird: Flight LH202 actually took place.
Flightradar24
states that the Lufthansa plane took off from Frankfurt at
10:11 p.m. on July 2 and landed in Berlin exactly 40 minutes later.
When the news spread online and complaints from passengers followed, Lufthansa apparently felt compelled to take a stand.
"As far as the 'flight cancellation' of LH202 is concerned, we are at a loss ourselves, but we have looked into this internally," wrote Germany's largest airline on Twitter, which recently faced serious allegations.
A Lufthansa employee revealed that the executive floor had expected the current chaos months ago.
Travel chaos in Germany: huge confusion about ghost flight LH202
Flight LH202 actually landed in Berlin on Saturday evening, but with significantly fewer passengers on board.
It was an empty flight to "position the machine for a stable flight plan in Berlin," reports the
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The story is symbolic of the current travel chaos in Germany.
Incidentally, Lufthansa's explanation is difficult to understand.
Apart from the confusion about the flight, couldn't the Lufthansa plane have flown full to Berlin?
What difference does it make to the positioning of a stable flight plan whether the plane flies to a destination empty or with (many) passengers on board?
An airport employee now spoke about the bad working conditions.
(mt)