Earlier today, Lufthansa pilots threatened to strike again on Wednesday and Thursday for their pay.
However, the two-day walkout has been averted by a last-minute pay deal.
If the strike had gone ahead, it would have been the second faced by Germany’s biggest airline in a week. On Friday, pilots staged a walkout that led to hundreds of flights being cancelled.
Why has the Lufthansa pilot strike been cancelled?
The Vereinigung Cockpit union had announced plans for a walkout on Wednesday and Thursday, calling on Lufthansa to make a “serious” offer in talks over pay increases.
Following last-minute pay talks on Tuesday, the union says that the two sides have agreed in principle on “an extensive package of monetary and structural issues,” leading to the strike being cancelled. The details of the deal will be discussed in the coming days.