Negotiations at AUA at a Standstill: Risk of Strike at Easter Increases

PeopleOther ♦ Published: March 24, 2024; 21:08 ♦ (Vindobona)

An impending strike at Austrian Airlines (AUA) is casting its shadow and threatening the upcoming Easter travel season. The negotiating parties are sticking to their positions regarding the collective agreements and an agreement seems a long way off.

At AUA, a 36-hour strike on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday continues to loom over the important holiday season of Easter. / Picture: © Austrian Airlines / Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Despite intensive efforts, AUA and the vida trade union have so far been unable to agree on a new collective agreement, making a 36-hour strike on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday increasingly likely, as reported by ORF. A total of 430 flights are at stake in the event of a strike. AUA and its customers are facing an…