QANTAS warns 11,000 passengers could be disrupted on Monday due to the strike

QANTAS Airways (Sydney) has issued the following statement:

“More than 11,000 QANTAS passengers face lengthy delays and cancelled flights on Monday (October 10) as the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) ramps up its industrial campaign against QANTAS.

QANTAS will be forced to cancel 40 flights, delay 24 flights by up to 3.5 hours and bring forward 14 flights on Monday with the union to hold four hour strikes in the afternoon in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

There will be 40 domestic flights cancelled and 27 delayed or brought forward. There will be 11 international services delayed.

The union action ton Monday will bring the total number of passengers that have been impacted since unions commenced strike action six weeks ago to 46,500 passengers from 348 cancelled or delayed flights.

Qantas Group Executive Government and Corporate Affairs Olivia Wirth said the strike is due to an ongoing dispute over pay and the union’s attempt to effectively run the airline.

In addition to the four hour strikes, the ALAEA is taking a range of industrial action which includes:

– Ongoing one hour strikes in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane each week.
– Ban on licensed aircraft engineers doing overtime which creates a backlog of maintenance.
– Day long strikes at heavy maintenance facilities in Melbourne and Brisbane.
– Go-slow on day-to-day work.”

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