According to Finnair personnel, the strike will be held between 3pm and 7pm local time 10. The cancelled flights include all flights in Finland, most European flights and an intercontinental flight from Helsinki to Shanghai. During the strike, related catering services and checked baggage services will be affected. It is estimated that the strike will cause millions of euros in losses to Finnair.
Jaakko hirt, chief operating officer of Finnair, said, "We are very sorry that this strike will affect the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers. I hope this will not affect Finland's good image as a tourist country. "
The reason why the ground crew went on strike was that these employees belonging to the Finnish airport group Airpro expressed dissatisfaction with the current salary and welfare benefits. For this reason, the Finnish Aviation Union (IAU), which represents the interests of employees, and the Finnish Association of Service Employers (Paltta) have conducted labor negotiations for more than a month, but the two sides still have not reached an agreement. Finnair, the "victim" of the strike, was not involved.
According to Finnish media reports, due to the deadlock in the negotiations, the Finnish government intervened, but the current situation is not ideal. Minna Helle, the Finnish national mediator, said in a statement after the talks failed on the 9th that "it is basically impossible to find a solution at present because of the huge differences between the two sides' demands".
The Finnish Aviation Trade Union said that if the two sides cannot reach an agreement, the trade union will continue to organize strikes in 14 and 17. Earlier, airport staff had already held two strikes on the 3rd and 6th.
Finnair issued a reminder that passengers who hold tickets for any flights that may be affected by the strike on June 5438+00, June 5438+04 and June 5438+07 can go through the formalities of returning and changing their tickets for free before April 2.