Lufthansa strike ends, but starts again – Polish flights to be affected

After cancelling 35 flights on Sunday, Lufthansa planes were back in the sky on Monday – but only for a short time, if negotiations fail to resolve the key issue of contention, namely pilots’ pay increases, the BBC reported on Monday. A spokesperson from the airline accused the pilot’s union of being unreasonable. “We have to talk. I hope they change their uncompromising stance.” The pilot’s union, meanwhile, didn’t seem to be ready to back down. “"Unfortunately, high-level talks held today (Sunday) at short notice failed to lead to an agreement on the wage contract. "It is completely incomprehensible that (Lufthansa) has refused to put forward an offer,” Jeorg Handrog, a union board member, told the press. The strike, if it continues, will affect all inter-European flights on Tuesday, and both continental and international flights on Wednesday. The airline currently operates 14 to 15 flights daily between Warsaw’s Chopin Airport and Frankfurt and Munich.