Qantas reinstates cancelled flights
Updated 14 minutes ago
Qantas announced it was cancelling 31 flights because of the impending strike. (AAP: Dean Lewins, file photo)
Qantas says all flights will be reinstated after the aircraft engineers union cancelled its industrial action planned for tomorrow morning.
Earlier, Qantas announced it was cancelling 31 flights because of the impending strike. A further 46 flights were set to be delayed.
About 1,600 aircraft engineers had planned to walk off the job for an hour from 8am (local time) tomorrow over pay and conditions.
The move, which would have extended over several hours nationally, was due to affect 2,500 passengers.
No agreement was reached between the parties during talks in Fair Work Australia yesterday, and further industrial action was planned for Monday and Tuesday.
Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers federal secretary Steve Purvinas has confirmed tomorrow's strike has been called off.
Earlier, he said there was no reason why the strike would not go ahead.
Qantas has accused maintenance engineers of not negotiating in good faith over job security and conditions and says it is disappointed at the disruptions caused
More likely a shot across the corporate bows.