Lebanon's air traffic controllers announced a six hour strike on Monday after talks about their demand for a pay rise broke down.

Beirut Airport's air traffic control committee said in a statement it would suspend services for six hours from 2 pm (1200 GMT) to 8 pm to demand a 50 percent pay rise and overtime payments.

An open strike planned for February 13 would be postponed, but go ahead on February 22 if the government did not meet the air traffic controllers' demands, the statement said.

Talks between airport officials and Transport Minister Yassin Jaber late on Sunday failed to break the impasse, airport sources said.

Civil aviation officials had no immediate comment.