Lufthansa’s pilots are on a one-day strike today, the 13th time in two years they have walked out in long-standing disputes over wages, pensions, and outsourcing, as well as Lufthansa’s plans to register portions of its fleet in countries where wages and benefits are lower than German standards. The strike affects all Lufthansa international passenger and cargo flights.
The new strike marks the end of a truce in the wake of last spring’s Germanwings crash in France, caused by a suicidal pilot. Germanwings is a Lufthansa subsidiary. Lufthansa’s CEO said last week he is prepared to take more strikes in order to force through changes he says are necessary for Lufthansa to compete with low-cost carriers. For more details from Bloomberg News, click HERE.
