FRANKFURT, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Lufthansa said cabincrew have agreed to hold off industrial action for the next fewmonths after management and trade union UFO made headway intalks to resolve a dispute over issues including pay.
"We are glad that UFO has given priority to talks ratherthan strikes," Lufthansa executive board member Bettina Volkenssaid in a statement.
"The parties agreed on partial solutions to all points ofconflict and have set out a mechanism according to which furthertalks will be held and which rules out strikes in the comingmonths," UFO said in a separate statement on Friday.
"That gives us time to come to an overall solution for thepoints under negotiation," it added.
Lufthansa is squabbling with employees on multiple fronts asit tries to cut costs to compete with low-cost carriersincluding Ryanair and easyJet as well as withGulf carriers such as Emirates.
Pilots at its budget carrier Germanwings commenced a two-daystrike on Thursday to put pressure on management in a row overan early retirement scheme.
UFO is, among other, demanding 8 percent more pay for itsmembers in negotiations that started in April. It has alsoagreed to mediation with Lufthansa in a separate row overretirement benefits. (Reporting by Peter Maushagen; Writing by Maria Sheahan andLudwig Burger; Editing by Georgina Prodhan)