Lufthansa, Pilots Mediation Talks Stuttering

Talks between Lufthansa and pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit are reported to be on the verge of ending without agreement.

If the talks fail it raises the prospect of strikes at the height of the summer travel season, Reuters reported from an unnamed union source.

Lufthansa and its pilots have been trying to agree a mediation process to bring to an end a long-running pay dispute that has seen over a dozen pilot strikes since April 2014.

The union had agreed to hold off on strikes until the end of July while the two sides discussed mediation but the source said this agreement would no longer be valid should mediation attempts fail.