Austrian Airlines maintains transfer of operations to Tyrolean Airways 'was lawful'

Austrian Airlines maintained (11-Sep-2014) its 2012 cancellation of a collective wage agreement and subsequent transfer of flight operations to Tyrolean Airways "was lawful", despite the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) 11-Sep-2014 ruling that the initial wage agreement is still valid. Austrian Airlines stated: "The validity of the transfer of flight operations to Tyrolean is being assessed within the context of other legal proceedings at the Vienna Labor and Social Affairs Court. However, these legal proceedings were interrupted to await the opinion of the European Court of Justice. Austrian Airlines expects the court proceedings to be resumed due to the decision made by the ECJ, and maintains its legal standpoint that the transfer of flight operations to Tyrolean was lawful." Austrian Airlines added: "The strategy being pursued by the management of Austrian Airlines to find a lasting solution to the conflict by concluding a new collective wage agreement for flight personnel remains unaffected by the decision of the ECJ." [more - original PR - English/German]