Finnair's dispute with cabin crew appears to have come to an end, with services expected to return to normal over the weekend.
Finnish cabin crew union SLSY has accepted a deal from Finnair, ending a 10-day strike thought to have cost the airline at least €20 million.
The walk-out, which began on November 30, was over the airline’s plan to cut rest time between long haul flights from 36 hours to 24 hours.
Finnair's President & CEO Mika Vehviläinen said the new agreement, reached last night (December 9), “ensures that we can reduce costs through improved work productivity”.
“We obtained the necessary structural changes in long-haul traffic important for us," he said.
Finnair said its traffic will return to normal over the weekend. It had been operating between 35% and 50% of its flights during the strike.
Vehviläinen said the focus will now be on getting aircraft moving again.
"It's good that a solution has finally been reached... Our cabin staff, who do excellent work, also want to get back to work," he said.
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Report by Sara Turner
