Lufthansa pilots strike for 4th day, 137 flights canceled

In this April 2, 2014 file picture Lufthansa aircraft are parked as Lufthansa pilots went on a three-days-strike in Frankfurt, Germany. German airline Lufthansa says it’s going to cancel almost a third of all flights Wednesday because of a pilots’ strike. The Cockpit union announced Monday that pilots of all short- and long-haul flights out of Germany will go on strike in a dispute over pay. The airline said Tuesday Nov. 22, 2016 that “due to tomorrow’s strike 876 of 3,000 LH Group flights had to be cancelled.” —MICHAEL PROBST/AP

BERLIN — Pilots at Lufthansa are staging a fourth consecutive day of strikes against the German airline, with chances of an immediate resolution to the pay dispute looking slim after their union rejected a new offer from the company.

The Cockpit union targeted Lufthansa’s long-haul services Saturday, prompting 137 flight cancellations and affecting some 30,000 passengers. That’s fewer than on previous days, when Cockpit members also hit short-haul flights.

Cockpit said there will be no walkout Sunday and it will give at least 24 hours’ notice of any strikes next week.

Cockpit is seeking retroactive raises of 3.66 percent a year going back 5½ years. On Friday, Lufthansa offered to increase pay by 4.4 percent by mid-2018, and make a one-time payment equal to 1.8 monthly salaries in lieu of past raises.