QANTAS Airways resumes operations after a court ruling

October 31, 2011 — QANTAS Airways

QANTAS Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJO (msn 25544) (Go Qantas Wallabies) SYD (John Adlard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

QANTAS Airways (Sydney) after grounding its entire mainline fleet this past weekend in a bold tactic to force the Australian government to intervene in the worst labor dispute in a decade according to this report by Reuters.

The flag carrier took the drastic step to ground all mainline flights on Saturday, stranding 70,000 passengers.

Australia’s labor tribunal ordered the airline to resume operations and banned trade unions from staging more strikes while negotiations continued.

Read the full report from Reuters: CLICK HERE

QANTAS issued the following statement:

“QANTAS can confirm that all domestic and international services have resumed from mid-afternoon on Monday October 31 (Sydney time). We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and stress our customers have faced over the past days and months. Industrial action is now over, you can again book QANTAS flights with confidence.”

QANTAS Slide Show: CLICK HERE

Copyright Photo: John Adlard.

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