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| Lufthansa four-day strike begins | Lufthansa four-day strike begins |
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| About 4,000 pilots at German airline Lufthansa have gone on strike for four days in a dispute over job security. | About 4,000 pilots at German airline Lufthansa have gone on strike for four days in a dispute over job security. |
| The carrier has cancelled about 3,000 flights and has warned of delays both domestically and internationally. | The carrier has cancelled about 3,000 flights and has warned of delays both domestically and internationally. |
| Lufthansa's offer of negotiations with the pilots was not taken up on Sunday before the strike began at midnight (2300GMT). | |
| The pilots work at Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and its low-budget subsidiary, Germanwings. | The pilots work at Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and its low-budget subsidiary, Germanwings. |
| The airline normally offers about 1,800 flights daily - of which 160 are long-haul trips. | The airline normally offers about 1,800 flights daily - of which 160 are long-haul trips. |
| Before the strike began German Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer warned that it would hurt the country's economy as well as Lufthansa's reputation. | |
| The airline - the biggest in Europe - fears the strike could cost it about 25m euros (£21.9m; $34m) per day. | |
| The Cockpit Union says the airline is increasingly relying on foreign pilots who fly for less pay. | |
| The pilots are not due to return to work until midnight on Thursday. | |
| Last-minute failure | |
| Lufthansa was offering train journeys to domestic air travellers, and attempting to rebook international passengers on other airlines. | |
| Frankfurt and Munich airports will be the worst hit. | |
| Hours before the strike began, Lufthansa tried a last-ditch effort to resume talks. | |
| "We are open to talks without preconditions," Lufthansa spokesman Klaus Walther said. | |
| He added that "if Cockpit withdrew its list of unworkable and illegal demands... an agreement could be found quickly". | |
| The union wants all Lufthansa pilots, including those working for affiliated airlines overseas, to be paid the same. | |
| Its suggestion on Sunday that that particular issue be put aside while other issues were discussed was rejected by managers, according to AFP news agency. | |
| Cockpit spokesman Joerg Handwerg said: "The Lufthansa management is not interested in dialogue but will not say so openly." | |
| Do you work for Lufthansa? Do you have flights booked with Lufthansa that could be affected by a strike? Send us your comments using the form below. | Do you work for Lufthansa? Do you have flights booked with Lufthansa that could be affected by a strike? Send us your comments using the form below. |
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