Possible AUA strike: “We are being forced into this measure”

After Tuesday evening AUA boss Anette Mann once again warned in the “ZiB” of serious damage to the airline due to the strike, this morning vida boss Roman Hebenstreit repeated the union’s position that there is a ” There is blatant unequal treatment and there is no fair salary offer to AUA employees.

Yesterday, Austrian Airlines announced that it would be canceling around 400 flights between March 28th, 00:00 a.m. and March 29th, 12 p.m. The reason is the strike threat from the vida union, which, if implemented, requires a lead time to rebook the flights.

“Not acting honestly”

Hebenstreit said today in the “Ö1-Morgenjournal” that he was very sorry for the situation for air travelers and that he would also like to “sincerely apologize” for it, but that the AUA had “forced” the workforce into taking the measure. If the employer’s offer on the table was sustainable, they would have agreed – but the airline management would not be acting honestly, but rather calculating nicely. “It will be a difficult situation (…) We were and we are ready to negotiate until the last minute and afterwards,” said the employee representative.

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Yesterday at noon, Austrian Airlines announced that around 400 flights would be canceled on these two days during the Easter travel period due to a strike threatened by the union on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. The approximately 50,000 affected passengers would be actively informed. Austrian Airlines offers free cancellations and rebookings.

The KV dispute has been dragging on for weeks now. At a company meeting on March 1st, 112 flights were canceled and around 12,000 passengers were affected. Due to a company meeting announced for March 8th and then postponed, 150 flights were canceled. Almost a week later, on March 14th, the company meeting finally took place, which caused another 120 flights to be cancelled.