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Lufthansa pilots to strike again in pay dispute

Monday, 28 Nov 2016 14:54:49

More than 350,000 passengers were affected by a recent four-day pilots' walkout. (AP: Michael Probst)

Lufthansa pilots are planning to strike again this week after fresh talks failed to settle their long-running pay dispute.

German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said its members scheduled to fly short-haul flights would strike on Tuesday.

The union plans to add long-haul routes to the walkout on Wednesday.

Last week Lufthansa had to cancel nearly 2,800 flights during a four-day strike that affected more than 350,000 passengers.

The strike was the 14th walkout in a dispute that since early 2014 has cost the carrier hundreds of millions of euros.

The union said a hastily convened meeting with Lufthansa on Sunday failed to produce a resolution.

Germany's biggest airline had earlier urged VC to resume talks.

"We have to talk," Bettina Volkens, Lufthansa's board member in charge of human resources, told Bild am Sonntag.

"I hope very much that (VC) finally changes its uncompromising stance. This cannot be forced via strikes."

The union is calling for an average increase of 3.7 per cent in pay for 5,400 pilots in Germany over a five-year period dating back to 2012.

Lufthansa offered to increase pilot pay by 4.4 per cent by mid-2018, and make a one-time payment equal to 1.8 monthly salaries in lieu of past raises.

AP/Reuters

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