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A Discover counter in Frankfurt am Main: No check-in on Friday
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The pilots of Lufthansa subsidiary Discover Airlines are on strike this Friday.
After a first warning strike in December, a 24-hour strike is now planned, as the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) announced in a circular, according to the news agencies dpa and Reuters.
In the initial vote that ended on Tuesday, almost 96 percent of members voted for industrial action.
The VC wants to enforce the first collective agreements on salaries and general conditions at the holiday airline, which was founded two and a half years ago, and has declared negotiations with the company to have failed.
There is currently no collective agreement for cabin crews either.
The UFO union is negotiating there.
The warning strike went smoothly
During the first warning strike on the day before Christmas Eve, most passengers got off lightly.
Discover was able to reschedule flights to times outside the five-hour strike window.
However, in the event of a longer strike, as planned on Friday, flight cancellations could quickly occur.
The Lufthansa Group's holiday airline was initially launched under the name "Eurowings Discover" in the Corona summer of 2021 and was later renamed "Discover Airlines".
The 24 aircraft so far are used at the hubs in Frankfurt and Munich on long and medium-haul routes.
Discover is supposed to be cheaper than the Lufthansa core brand and compete with airlines like Condor.
hba/dpa/Reuters