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Lufthansa German Airlines' pilots strike suspended | 11:00 AM GMT, February 23, 2010

Lufthansa German Airlines has reached an agreement with its pilots union to suspend strike activity from 11:00 p.m. GMT yesterday until March 8, 2010. The strike had previously been scheduled to last four days, from midnight Monday, February 22, through Thursday, February 25.

In preparation for the strike, Lufthansa had published a special flight schedule for the strike period on its website at www.lufthansa.com. Lufthansa has advised that the special flight schedule for intercontinental flights will remain in place for today February 23, 2010.

Lufthansa is recommending that passengers scheduled on flights departing North America today, who have been rebooked on other airlines, should proceed with those alternate travel arrangements. For passengers who are scheduled to travel on February 24-25, 2010, Lufthansa is advising that they should check www.lufthansa.com throughout the day on February 23 for updates to the carrier’s schedule. Lufthansa expects a normal flight schedule for Friday, February 26, 2010.

CWT will continue to monitor the situation and provide additional information as appropriate.

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