The former airline Laudamotion was also unsuccessful in the second instance in connection with the works council election that the company had contested. The Vida union emphasizes the great importance of the judgment, but the Ryanair group has meanwhile created other facts.

Laudamotion has not been an airline since the end of the previous year. The Maltese successor, Lauda Europe, does not have a works council. Only if further proceedings aimed at establishing a transfer of business were in favor of the plaintiff would the new establishment “inherit” the works council and the collective agreement.

"The confirmation of the first instance judgment by the Higher Regional Court of Vienna means that the works council election of October 9, 2019 was neither contestable nor void," said Daniel Liebhart, chairman of the vida department of aviation, about this "renewed victory of justice against an airline that tramples on Austrian law and their workforce suffers from social dumping and other harassment on the part of the management. "