Lufthansa has suggested strikers to increase their payment in two installments - 2.4% in 2016 and another 2 percent by the end of 2017, reports Spiegel.

" We want to urgently avoid any further damage to our company and finally return to offering our passengers the kind of service they can expect from us," the statement reads.

However, management’s and pilots’ positions do not have common grounds. Pilots’ strike began on November 23. Several thousand flights have already been canceled. The Daily loss of the company due to the strike reaches 15 million euros.