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Qantas: First flights back in the air
Qantas flights were due back in the air mid-afternoon Monday pending clearance from the air safety regulator.
International and domestic schedules would be restored progressively, the airline said.
Fair Work Australia ordered an end to industrial action being waged by three unions and directed Qantas to abandon plans to lock-out workers ahead of fresh talks aimed at resolving their dispute.
Qantas grounded its entire fleet over the weekend, causing widespread disruption to its passengers in Australia and around the world.
Qantas and the three unions – the Transport Workers Union representing ground staff, the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association and the Australian and International Pilots Association have 21 days to work out an agreement, otherwise they will be forced into mandatory arbitration and the industrial umpire will resolve the dispute.
Neither side is permitted to take any industrial action in the meantime.
Last week, Qantas claimed that the industrial dispute was costing it A$15m per week due to flight cancellations and delays.
Qantas shares defied predictions by lifting 6 per cent in early Monday trading.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said he had no option but to ground all Qantas planes. “It was the only way we could bring it to a head,” he insisted.
Joyce said he was confident the airline would recover its 65 percent market share of Australian aviation.
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