Last updated: 22 february, 2010 - 12:59 GMT
Lufthansa pilots' strike grounds thousands of flights
Thousands of flights have been cancelled at Germany's main airports on the first day of a four-day strike by Lufthansa pilots.
Attempts at last-minute negotiations between the pilots' union and Lufthansa management, mediated by the government, failed at the weekend.
The dispute centres on the transfer of jobs to foreign subsidiaries of Lufthansa to cut costs.
The head of media relations at Lufthansa is Andreas Bartels.
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John Strickland is the director of JLS Consulting, which specialises in the airline sector.
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First broadcast 22 February 2010
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