On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the works councils of the flying and commercial-technical staff of Austrian Airlines will inform their colleagues. As a result, there will be cancellations and delays both on the evening of June 1 and throughout the day of June 2, 2022, the company confirmed.

"On the management side, we generally support the holding of works meetings, but the timing and type of implementation just before the Pentecost weekend with a high volume of travel is very irritating. An event in hybrid form or with two dates would have led to less disruption and incomprehension from our customers," Austrian Airlines COO Francesco Sciortino told Aviation.Direct. "We apologize to our passengers for the inconvenience. Every effort is being made by the company to keep the impact as low as possible.”

According to the employee representatives, these are regular works meetings. The works council must update the employees at least twice a year. Due to the corona pandemic, the rotation could not be kept in physical form. Now we meet again in person and will have a lot to talk about.

However, there will be delays and cancellations on both June 1 and 2, 2022. A spokesman for Austrian Airlines told Aviation.Direct: "The works councils for the flying and commercial-technical staff are planning works meetings on June 2, 2022 from 09.00 a.m., so unfortunately there will be a meeting on the evening of the 1st and during the course of the 2nd. June 2022 on delays and cancellations in the Austrian Airlines flight program. From the current perspective, 14 short- and medium-haul routes are affected by a total of almost 400 flights. From the current perspective, there will be no cancellations on long-haul flights. The approximately 1.000 affected passengers will be proactively informed about changes or rebookings if they provided their telephone number or e-mail address during the booking process, as will members of the Miles & More frequent flyer program. In addition, passengers are generally asked to check the status of their flight on the website austrian.com in good time. Customers who have booked through an (online) travel agency, please contact the respective travel agency”.