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Despite a planned pilot strike by Lufthansa’s holiday flight subsidiary Discover Airlines on Sunday and Monday, many scheduled flights are expected to take off. The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union called on the pilots to strike for two days. The union is fighting for a first collective labour agreement at the airline, which was founded two and a half years ago and operates in Frankfurt and Munich. During the strike, 90% of the planned short and medium-haul flights are expected to depart from Frankfurt, the airline announced on Saturday in response to a dpa enquiry. About 30% of long-haul flight…