Lufthansa has agreed an inflation-busting pay settlement, ending a dispute which had threatened to drive travellers towards rival fliers. While the airline agreed to raise pay by up to 4.7% for cabin crew and ground staff (33,000 employees), a possible new round of strikes looms as pilots' union Cockpit demands the carrier respond to its own 4.6% wage rise proposals by the middle of this month.
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