Air Berlin pilots plan strike with goal of matching competitors’ wages
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Skift Take
Opening Berlin’s airport won’t solve all of Air Berlin’s problems, but it could boost profits and allow the low-cost airline to launch new routes. Despite the airline and airport’s demise, Berlin has become one of the most popular European destination.
Pilots at Air Berlin Plc, Europe’s third-biggest discount carrier, plan a short-term strike sometime in coming days in a push for higher pay, arguing they aren’t the ones to blame for losses at the company.
The carrier should make up for wages that lag behind the average at competitors by at least 10 percent, Markus Germann, chief negotiator for the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots union, said. Air Berlin needs to narrow its business focus rather than basing a turnaround push on employees’ concessions, he said.
“Air Berlin is doing a little bit of everything: touristic flights,
