Talks with pilots fail, strike to go ahead: Lufthansa

A six-hour strike by pilots of Lufthansa's low-cost subsidiary Germanwings will go ahead today after talks with management collapsed, the German airline said.
"We regret the strike announcement by (pilots' union) Vereinigung Cockpit," Lufthansa said in a statement yesterday.
"Just hours before the scheduled talks were due to begin, the union said there would be a strike (on Friday) if an agreement is not reached today. We're very disappointed that a strike could not be averted," said the airline's personnel chief, Bettina Volkens.