Some 1,000 flights grounded as Lufthansa strike enters second day

GERMANY: Some 1,000 flights grounded as Lufthansa strike enters second day

Pilots at German airline Lufthansa started a second day of strikes on Wednesday, grounding around 1,000 flights and affecting 140,000 passengers, and said more strikes would come if management did not improve their offer in a row over cost cutting.

Lufthansa had tried to stop the strike, the 13th in 18 months, with a temporary injunction but on Tuesday night two courts ruled in favour of the pilots' union, Vereinigung Cockpit.

"If there's no new offer from Lufthansa we will call for a further strike," VC spokesman Markus Wahl told Reuters at Frankfurt airport.

He said strikes could occur at any time, though the union would give 24 hours' notice.

The pilots are striking over retirement benefits, pay and Lufthansa's plans to expand low-cost operations. They want Lufthansa to halt the expansion of Eurowings, which has an Austria operating licence, while negotiations continue

Stansted Airport workers to go on strike on 13, 14 September

U.K.: Stansted Airport workers to go on strike on 13, 14 September

AIRPORT workers have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.

Up to 30 GMB union members who operate the security scanners at Stansted Airport will walk out at the weekend.

They want a 3 per cent pay rise and have rejected the company’s 1.5 per cent offer.

The first strike will take place on Saturday, September 13, from 3.45am until 23.59pm, the second will happen from 3.45am until 1pm on Sunday, September 14

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