Arbitration only brings Lufthansa partial collective bargaining peace. Only after the solution has been resolved will it become clear whether a “new Lufthalansa’ can actually take off.
The new contract for the approximately 25,000 ground workers will be valid for two years. This averts indefinite strikes by this group of employees. In a strike vote, more than 90 percent of employees had already voted for indefinite strikes. The conflict surrounding the comparatively young holiday flight subsidiary Discover Airlines is even more explosive, as it still has no collective agreements.