110 flights affected

AUA aircraft will remain on the ground on Thursday

Many AUA planes remain on the ground on Thursday.(Bild: APA/Robert Jäger)

An extraordinary works meeting at Austrian Airlines (AUA) will lead to a number of flight cancellations on Thursday. 110 connections will be affected, the "Krone" has learned from informed sources. 9000 passengers are to be rebooked where possible. 

The meeting had already led to 150 cancellations last Friday, but was then postponed to Thursday, 10 am. Passengers are now being urged to check their flight status.

Theoretically, AUA has 300 flights scheduled for Thursday, which would mean 31,000 passengers would be transported. This again threatens to cause enormous economic damage. AUA considers the planned works meeting to be illegal and is also taking legal action against it.

Stalled negotiations
The background to the works meeting is the stalled collective agreement negotiations with the AUA on-board staff.

The ideas for a salary increase differ massively between the employer and employee sides. The employers are offering an increase of 4.5 percent and are also holding out the prospect of more if the agreement is extended. The union, on the other hand, is demanding a 30 percent salary increase as well as more vacation and other things.