Brussels Airlines' pilots on Tuesday suspended a two-day strike that grounded scores of flights in and out of the Belgian capital after reaching an agreement in principle with the carrier.
Traffic was to resume gradually after the cancellation of 100 flights on Monday, or over half the traffic, and of 71 flights on Tuesday, mostly across Europe but also connections with New York and Nairobi.
"We will negotiate with management until Friday, meaning the strike is suspended and not stopped," warned trade unionist Jean-Marc Lepied.
The agreement in principle reached in conciliation talks calls on management to "re-employ should they agree" pilots aged over 58 that management was pressing to retire in order to employ younger pilots in order to cut back on spending.
The airline is 45 per cent owned by Lufthansa and last year agreed a 100-million-euro (US$135 million) raft of savings with the unions.
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