Lufthansa pilots extend walkout to Friday

Frankfurt

THE long-running spat at Lufthansa reached new levels of bitterness after the Vereinigung Cockpit union defeated an application to have a strike blocked late on Tuesday, and then upped the ante by lengthening the action.

Lufthansa said the "incomprehensible" step would inflict "extensive damage" on its business and hit back by reviving a legal claim against the labour group dating to 2014.