{"id":21882,"date":"2022-06-26T17:59:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T12:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=21882"},"modified":"2022-06-26T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T12:29:22","slug":"brussels-airlines-unions-seek-ceo-meeting-after-a-3-day-strike-by-crew-and-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/26\/brussels-airlines-unions-seek-ceo-meeting-after-a-3-day-strike-by-crew-and-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels Airlines Unions Seek CEO meeting after a 3-day strike by crew and pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Europe’s spate of industrial action continued this week with a three-day strike by crew and pilots at Brussels Airlines. The strike, which ran from Thursday, June 23 to Saturday, June 25, forced the revocation of around 315 flights, disrupting the travel plans of about 40,0000 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brussels Airlines\u00a0is a member of the\u00a0Lufthansa\u00a0Group <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brussels Airlines\u00a0is a member of the \u00a0Lufthansa\u00a0Group and part of the Lufthansa Network Airlines segment. The other airlines in this segment are\u00a0SWISS,\u00a0Austrian Airlines,\u00a0and Lufthansa German Airlines<\/a>. It is the home carrier of Belgium and connects the European capital from Brussels Airport (BRU) with more than 85 destinations. The company employs 3,100 people, and according to\u00a0ch-aviation.com, it works a fleet of 40\u00a0Airbus\u00a0aircraft comprising 15\u00a0A319-100s, 16\u00a0A320-200s,\u00a0and nine\u00a0A330-300s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Friday, June 17, the airline met the employee unions after pilots and cabin crew had given separate indefinite\u00a0strike\u00a0notices. The employees urged management to reduce the high work pressure and index their ‘cafeteria plan, which is a budget for extra benefits. The airline told it could not meet the needs or change the existing collective labor deals(CLA). Maaike Andries, a spokesperson for Brussels Airlines, told:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As we were loss-making in 2020, in 2021, and still as well in Quarter 1, 2022, our financial situation does not permit us to reverse or reopen the recent CLAs, which were signed as part of our deal with the Belgian Government by all our social partners in 2020 to guarantee a future for our company.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Initially, the airline had planned to carry around 700,000 passengers on 533 flights\u00a0for\u00a0the three days, including 38 long-haul flights. By Tuesday, June 21, it had revoked 315 flights and was finding solutions for affected passengers, both from airlines within the Lufthansa Group and outside. For example, it rescheduled its Airbus A330-300s to handle multiple flights to\u00a0Rome\u00a0Leonardo Da Vinci Airport (FCO) and\u00a0Nice\u00a0C\u00f4te d’Azur Airport (NCE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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