Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr defends hard line on strikes
The CEO of German airline Lufthansa defended the carrier’s hard line on strikes on Wednesday after pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit threatened further walkouts in a row over retirement benefits and cost cuts.
Carsten Spohr said changes in the aviation industry left Lufthansa with no other choice than to lower costs so it can compete with budget carriers.
“If strikes are the price to pay to make Lufthansa fit for the future, then we must pay it,” he told journalists on the sidelines of a conference in Vienna.
