Frankfurt , Germany ( CNN ) -- Lufthansa airline will fly a bit over half of its normal flight schedule Tuesday , a day after pilots suspended their strike . `` It will obviously take a few days until we are back to normal , '' spokeswoman Claudia Lange said . The airline is planning to fly about 1,000 of its normal complement of 1,800 flights , `` plus , where we can , single , additional flights , '' she said . The airline is hoping to return to its full flight schedule by Friday . The announcement came shortly after both sides in a pilots strike against German-based Lufthansa , one of of the world 's largest airlines , agreed to suspend the standoff beginning at midnight ( 6 p.m . ET ) Monday . The suspension will expire March 8 , barring an agreement before then , both sides said in a Frankfurt labor court . `` The judge was very clear , '' Lufthansa spokesman Klaus Walther said . `` He recommended the union to stop the strike action and to return to the negotiation table . '' Walther predicted the two sides would reach a final agreement `` pretty fast . '' The pilots ' union previously had said resuming a normal schedule would take time , because the union had to inform striking pilots of the agreement before they could return to work . In addition , passengers whose flights have been canceled will have to be rebooked . Hundreds of flights were canceled Monday . The walkout by more than 4,000 members of Vereinigung Cockpit , the pilots ' union , began at midnight Sunday after a last-ditch effort at negotiations over pay and job security failed , the company said . The strike threatened to disrupt travel on more than two dozen partner airlines , including United , US Airways and Continental . In 2008 , Lufthansa was the No . 2 international carrier , with 42.2 million passengers , according to the International Air Transport Association . The industrial action was the largest in German aviation history , Lufthansa said , and it signaled growing labor unrest across Europe . Hours after it started , the union representing most of British Airways cabin staff voted to strike , but did not set a date . On Wednesday in Greece , a mass public and private sector strike is planned to protest the government 's austerity plan . British Airways cabin crews vote to strike . In addition , French civil aircraft staff , including air traffic controllers , said Monday they plan to strike Tuesday through Saturday . Four unions called for the strike , denouncing a government project to merge air traffic control operations with those of five other European countries -- Germany , Belgium , Netherlands , Luxembourg and Switzerland , according to Eric Heraud , spokesman for France 's civil aviation authority , DGAC , or Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile . The unions are afraid of dismantling DGAC , Heraud said . Under the new proposal , `` nothing will change geographically , '' he said . `` The control towers will stay where they are . '' Only the `` map of the sky '' will change , or the sphere of the controllers ' concern , Heraud said . Half of Tuesday 's flights at Paris , France 's , Orly airport were to be canceled because of the action , he said . Twenty-five percent of the flights at Charles de Gaulle Airport were to be canceled . The labor unrest comes as the airline industry is digging out of the worst one-year drop-off in business , according to International Air Transport Association . `` It is the kind of death throes , I guess , of the very strong legacy airline unions , '' said Simon Calder , a travel expert . `` Now , all the old airlines like BA , like Lufthansa , are struggling '' to cut costs , he said . In 2009 , air carrier revenues dropped nearly 15 percent worldwide after a record $ 535 billion the previous year . Passenger travel fell a record 3.5 percent and freight fell more than 10 percent , according to International Air Transport Association figures . Many of Lufthansa 's pilots have been working without a contract since March and more than 90 percent of the union 's members had voted to strike , a union representative said . The union , which is seeking a 6.4 percent pay increase , is also concerned with the airline 's recent buying spree of small regional carriers , such as BMI and Austrian Airlines , a practice that it said cannibalizes flights from union-flown routes . Lufthansa is one of the largest carriers on the Star Alliance , a network of 26 airlines that share ticketing and routes for international travel . Other Star Alliance member airlines are : Adria , Air Canada , Air China , Air New Zealand , ANA , Asiana Airlines , Austrian , Blue 1 , BMI , Brussels Airlines , Continental Airlines , Croatia Airlines , Egypt Air , Lot Polish Airlines , Scandinavian Airlines , Shanghai Airlines , Singapore Airlines , South African Airways , Spanair , Swiss , Tap Portugal , Thai Airlines , Turkish Airlines , United Airlines and US Airways . Send your views and experiences to CNN iReport . CNN 's Frederik Pleitgen , Erin McLaughlin , Stefan Simons , Kevin Voigt , Alix Bayle and Greg Morrison contributed to this report .
About 1,000 of Lufthansa 's usual 1,800 flights to fly Tuesday . The airline said it was not able to provide a specific number for the day because its computer system had been hacked. Both sides in pilots strike against Lufthansa agree to suspend standoff . Union : Strike focuses on pay , conditions . Company : Union interfering in management .