Jetstar cancelled 90 services over the weekend as pilots walked off the job for four hours on Saturday and Sunday, and cancelled about 20 flights on Friday when ground crew went on strike. Read this* Jetstar pilots in Australia forgot to lower the landing gear* Jetstar Australian ground crew, baggage handlers vote to take industrial action over Christmas period* Jetstar confirms plans to quit regional New Zealand routesA 10 per cent reduction in domestic services could see close to 1000 flights grounded in January. AFAP executive director Simon Lutton said Jetstar had inflated the cost of its protected industrial action, and that no January schedule adjustments were necessary because it did not plan to take further strike action. iSTOCK Jetstar has announced changes for January, as an Australian strike threat looms which could see around 1000 flights grounded. JETSTAR Jetstar has eleven Dreamliners in its fleet,Lutton said there was no connection between strike action and Jetstar rethinking its wide-body fleet, but it was "conveniently" trying to link the two.

Source: Stuff December 16, 2019 05:15 UTC