Despite pilot strike at Lufthansa subsidiary, flights are to take off

Despite a planned pilot strike by Lufthansa's holiday flight subsidiary Discover Airlines on Sunday and Monday, many scheduled flights are expected to take off.

The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union called on the pilots to strike for two days.

The union is fighting for a first collective labour agreement at the airline, which was founded two and a half years ago and operates in Frankfurt and Munich.

During the strike, 90% of the planned short and medium-haul flights are expected to depart from Frankfurt, the airline announced on Saturday in response to a dpa enquiry.

About 30% of long-haul flights are to be operated. Some of the flights will be taken over by other airlines.

A total of 27 departures are planned from Frankfurt during the strike window, Discover said. The 10 planned departures from Munich will be operated by Lufthansa.

The company is working to minimize the impact on passengers as much as possible, according to the airline's website.

Passengers should check their flight status as regularly as possible, it said.

The pilots' union considers the negotiations with the employer to have stalled. The renewed strike notice is being used as a last resort in view of the lack of progress in the negotiations, it said.