“Full normalcy is expected gradually as Lufthansa pilots agree to halt the strike that led to hundreds of canceled flights and travel chaos on Monday and Tuesday around the world,” Stefan Loecherbach, Lufthansa’s sales director for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Yemen, said Tuesday.

“Only two flights to Frankfurt from Riyadh scheduled on Feb. 23 and Feb. 24 and one flight from Jeddah on Feb. 23 were canceled,” said Loecherbach. The first flight will leave Jeddah for Frankfurt on Feb. 25 at 2.40 a.m., while the first flight from Riyadh to Frankfurt will leave the same day at 2.50 a.m. Flight frequencies from Dammam have not been affected by the chaos created by the strike, he said.

He said that Lufthansa had been operating daily flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt and from Jeddah to Frankfurt, as well as three flights a week from Dammam. In total, Lufthansa was operating 17 flights from the three Saudi gateways to Germany, he added.

Presently, the airline’s special flight schedule is being implemented to minimize negative effects on passenger loads. “Starting on Wednesday, Lufthansa will gradually return to its normal flight schedule,” said the airline’s official, adding that it would take a few days to resume full normal operations. The special flight schedule can be accessed at www.lufthansa.com.

Asked about any plane grounded in the Kingdom because of the strike, he said that it was obligatory for the pilots to fly back to the base before walking out of work. Hence, no plane was stranded in Riyadh or Jeddah, he said.

The pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit called for a four-day strike last week as a dispute over job security escalated.

The pilots feared that Lufthansa could try to cut staff costs by shifting jobs to foreign subsidiaries. The airline was unable to say exactly how many travelers were affected by the strike in the Kingdom.