QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce has announced it is grounding the entire mainline operation effective 1700 Local Time 29OCT11. The oneWorld member is grounding all of its 108 International and Domestic mainline aircraft, and will lock out employee members from the following unions from 2000LT 31OCT11: ALAEA, TWU, AIPA. These are responsible for operating and maintaining the aircraft.
JetStar, JetConnect (operating Trans-Tasman Service) and QANTASLink service will maintain operation.
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