16 NOVEMBER 2015

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Lufthansa strike

Readers should check carefully if they are planning to fly on Lufthansa.  A series of walkouts, which the airline said is costing it at least €10m a day, even forced Carsten Spohr, Chief Executive of Lufthansa, to fly with rival Air Berlin from Berlin to Munich last week.

The airline withdrew a request for an injunction against the walkouts at the last minute on Thursday after a German court indicated earlier it was unlikely to reverse a lower court ruling that flight attendants could continue their strike.

The cabin crew union (UFO) signalled a willingness to compromise, saying it will make a new proposal to end the dispute with Lufthansa.  Union chief Nicoley Baublies declined to provide details of the proposal.

Lufthansa said 111,000 passengers would be hit by the cancellations on Friday, which will bring the total number of flight disruptions to 4,700 – with more than half a million customers affected by the strike.

Lufthansa, which says it needs to cut costs to compete with budget rivals and leaner Gulf carriers, has said it is open to mediation, provided the union calls off the action.

"If there is no movement from management then maybe we will have to say that there will be more strikes," said a union spokesman.  www.kabineklar.com   www.lufthansa.com

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