Disruption continues as striking Lufthansa pilots return

Thousands of pilots returned to work at German airline Lufthansa today after a strike was suspended but the carrier warned that it would not return to its normal schedule until Friday.

Lufthansa said today that the “consequences of the strike will lead to continued flight irregularities in the following days”.

At Berlin’s Tegel airport, several of the airline’s flights were cancelled and passengers were seeking seats on rival Air Berlin.

Some 4,000 Lufthansa pilots went on strike yesterday over concerns that cheaper crews from Lufthansa’s smaller airlines in other countries could eventually replace them.

The two sides agreed to suspend the walkout until March 9 and resume talks.

Pilots for Lufthansa Cargo and the low-budget subsidiary, Germanwings, had also taken part.