Qantas confident of countering engineers’ strike
Qantas has made contingency plans to mitigate the impact of next week’s rolling strikes by its aircraft engineers.
It will put on bigger aircraft and have extra staff at airports to minimise disruptions to passengers.
Qantas will consolidate services and fly larger Boeing 767 aircraft on some routes in and out of Melbourne on Monday.
“This will ensure the vast majority of customers remain on scheduled services and others can be moved onto flights within 15 minutes of their original departure time,†Qantas said in a statement.
Qantas is currently assessing the impact on services from two-hour union-led work stoppages next week in Perth on Tuesday and Brisbane on Wednesday.
The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) is taking strike action as part of negotiations for a new pay agreement.
Footnote: Qantas resumed services to and from New Zealand at 12pm (local time) today following the clearing of the ash cloud from Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano.
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