Lufthansa facing strike warning amid arbitration bid

The German union representing Lufthansa cabin personnel says it will brief its members late Friday on a potential strike call before the year's end. Airline management says it is interested in further arbitration. UFO said it would announce stoppage details on its YouTube channel late afternoon Friday local time. A UFO spokesman said that strike action — withheld over Christmas — was intended before the year's close. A strike in November led to cancellation of 1,500 flights of Lufthansa's core fleet, affecting some 200,000 passengers. Walkouts in the months long row has previously involved the group's smaller subsidiary airlines. Thursday a Lufthansa management spokesman said: "We are still interested in a major arbitration. Strikes from our point of view are no solution." <br/>