Lufthansa pilots on strike again, 816 flights cancelled

Lufthansa airliners in Munich, southern Germany, on Sept. 10, 2014. (AP / Matthias Schrader)

BERLIN -- Pilots at German airline Lufthansa are on strike again after a two-day break in their campaign of walkouts.

The company has cancelled 816 short-haul flights scheduled for Tuesday. The walkout by the Cockpit union is to be followed Wednesday by a strike hitting both short-haul and long-haul services.

Lufthansa has cancelled 890 flights scheduled Wednesday.

The strikes follow four consecutive days of walkouts last week. Lufthansa and Cockpit are far apart in a pay dispute that has dragged on for more than two years.

Lufthansa on Monday failed to persuade a Munich court to issue an injunction blocking the latest strike. The company says that around 82,000 passengers will be affected by Tuesday's walkout and 98,000 by Wednesday's.