Pilots Union Secures Strong Mandate For Industrial Action

Pilots at Lufthansa CityLine have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a potential strike, with 99% of participants supporting industrial action, according to the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots’ union. The vote follows a breakdown in wage talks with management, which VC said fell short of its demands. Lufthansa CityLine operates short-haul feeder flights and is slated for phase-out as part of the group’s cost-cutting efforts. The strike authorization comes weeks after a separate labor dispute led to hundreds of flight cancellations. The situation was first reported by AeroTime.