The cabin crews represented by the UFO Union have agreed to return to the negotiation table after a 24-hour stoppage.
The German airline, Lufthansa refuse to go along with UFO’s demand for 5% pay increase and guarantees against outsourcing jobs or employing temporary cabin crews. The airline tries to cut down costs as a part of a plan to improve annual earnings by 1.5 million Euros by year 2014.
The two sides has been engaging in negotiations for the past 13 months and marked a turning point last week with a 24-hour strike affecting two thirds of flight cancellations. The nationwide strike resulted in hundreds of flight cancellations costing over 10 million Euros.
However, airlines such as British Airways, Air Berlin, Lufthansa unit Austrian Airlines have no impact from the strike. In addition, plans to operate larger aircrafts to provide extra seating capacities for passengers affected by the strike.
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