Pilots at German airline Lufthansa plan to strike on Wednesday as they seek to raise the pressure on management in a long-running dispute over an early retirement scheme and plans to expand budget flights.
Pilot's Union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said late on Monday the strike would focus on short- and medium-haul flights, saying Lufthansa's management remained undeterred in its efforts to offer less attractive working conditions for younger pilots.
Moves by Lufthansa to change costly wage deals and expand budget flights to cut costs and compete with low-cost carriers and rivals such as Emirates and Turkish Airlines have met with stiff resistance from pilots, who staged 10 strikes last year.
"Lufthansa calls on VC to resume talks immediately," it said in a statement.
Strikes by pilots and security staff cost Lufthansa 232 million euros ($245.6 million) in 2014. Last week, it forecast an increase in core earnings this year but said the forecast did not include the cost of any further strikes.
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