Lufthansa makes new offer to end costly pilots' strike

By Peter Maushagen and Caroline Copley BERLIN (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa said it had made a new offer to try to break the deadlock in a long-running pay dispute with its pilots who have been on strike since Wednesday. Lufthansa has said the disruption has started to hit medium-term bookings. Lufthansa said it had offered to increase wages by 4.4 percent in two installments, as well as a one-off payment equal to 1.8 months' pay.