At Lufthansa, a pilots' strike has come a step closer.

In a ballot, the voting members of the Cockpit Association voted in favor of a labor dispute with a very clear majority.

The union reported on Sunday after counting the votes.

This means that a strike by around 5,000 pilots at the Lufthansa core brand is possible with immediate effect, but this was not initially requested from the Executive Board.

Even before the count, the VC tariff expert Marcel Gröls had explained that it was initially a "warning signal" to the Lufthansa board.

"Good offers" are now expected from the management.

At Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, 97.6 percent of participants voted for a strike.

At the freight subsidiary Cargo, approval was even higher at 99.3 percent.

Only on Wednesday did the Verdi union almost paralyze the flight operations of the largest German airline with a warning strike by ground staff.

More than 1,000 flights were canceled and around 134,000 passengers had to change their flight plans.