QANTAS Strike

UPDATE

A second meeting between the QANTAS Company and unions at Fair Work Australia in 

Melbourne.

The meeting will decide whether or not QANTAS planes will remain grounded or not.

QANTAS Director Alan Joyce is demanding the strike action be ended and workers will be locked out of their pay from 8pm tomorrow night, and until the dispute ends.

BREAKING NEWS: As of 20 minutes ago, the Airway on its official twitter page has confirmed that the flights will remain grounded until at least midday tomorrow. (Check their Twitter page @QantasAirways)

A decision on the afternoon flights will be made tomorrow morning.

Stranded travellers, estimated to be around 68,000 are being assisted by Virgin 

Australia by supplying them with the chance to get a flight on their planes.

QANTAS have confirmed that they will offering refunds on the differences of fare between the two flight companies.

YESTERDAY’S STORY

Hold onto your hats, plane tickets and suitcases ladies and gentlemen, for the airline 

crisis enveloping QANTAS has had the whole fleet of planes, both set for domestic and international flights being grounded.

Derailing plans for tourists going home, or going out of Australia, it has let a temporary city of suitcase beds and so on made up in the airports.

Tonight (at 10pm AEST) a hearing from the Fair Work Australia group will try to resolve the dispute following an application submitted by the Federal Government.

The story is still developing and Daily Red will bring you the news as it comes to hand.