Breaking: Jetstar has cancelled 90 weekend flights and rescheduled others in preparation for a pilot strike set due start on Saturday morning |pwhatch
The budget airline say 80 per cent of flights will operate as scheduled, and other passengers will be accommodated by consolidating affected flights, moving services onto larger aircraft, rescheduling flights and putting passengers on Qantas flights.Dominic Lorrimer
Australian Federation of Air Pilots members, who make up around 80 per cent of Jetstar's mainline pilots, will walk off the job for four hours on Saturday and Sunday amid stalled wage negotiations.Jetstar boss Gareth Evans said 44 flights would be cancelled on Saturday and 46 on Sunday. The airline operates about 370 domestic and international flights a day."We remain committed to reaching a new agreement to support the great work our people do every day, but not at any cost.
Union pilots who fly Jetstar's narrow-body aircraft, which are mostly used on domestic routes, will not operate flights out of their home base between 5am to 9am on Saturday December 14 and Sunday December 15. The pilots' union has said it will not take any industrial action between December 20 and January 3, with the potential to resume strikes after that. Pilots have voted to approve action, including stop-works, of up to 24 hours.
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