Air France, Lufthansa Hit by Strikes in Fight for Future
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Air France is facing its most disruptive pilot strike since 1998 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG is bracing for another walkout tomorrow as both carriers confront worker resistance to sweeping overhauls aimed at cutting costs.
At Air France, a unit of Air France-KLM Group, 60 percent of pilots walked out today over plans to expand low-cost operations with flight crews paid less than at the main carrier. At Lufthansa, which has suffered a series of one- and three-day strikes over retirement benefits this year, pilots flying long-haul aircraft from Frankfurt will halt work tomorrow.