The flight attendants started their six-hour warning strike at 6 am (1pm Singapore time) at airports in Frankfurt and Berlin. -- PHOTO: AFP
FRANKFURT - FLIGHT attendants at Germany's largest airline, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, walked off the job on Wednesday to press their demands for a 15 per cent pay increase.
The flight attendants started their six-hour warning strike at 6 am (1pm Singapore time) at airports in Frankfurt and Berlin.
Lufthansa said that domestic passengers in particular should expect delays and possible flight cancellations. It said it would try to keep international long-haul traffic running normally.
The UFO union, which represents about 70 per cent of Lufthansa's 16,000 cabin staff, is seeking a 15-per cent raise. The airline has so far offered a 6.1-per cent increase and a 3-per cent bonus payment.
The first warning strike last Friday caused the cancellation of 44 flights.
'Since the employers have so far put no better offer on the table, UFO saw it necessary to broaden the warning strikes,' UFO official Joachim Mueller said ahead of the labour action. -- AP
