AsiaPac airlines and unions: strikes rarer than other regions
Airline strikes are generally not as common in Asia as other regions. However, relations between airlines and unions are often acrimonious in Asia and in a few Asian countries strikes are relatively frequent.
In Taiwan, a recent flight attendant strike at EVA Air lasted 17 days and cost the airline nearly USD100 million. The strike ended on 6-Jul-2019 as EVA reached an agreement with the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union (TFAU).
The strike forced EVA had to cancel 681 flights between 20-Jun-2019 and 7-Jul-2019. The airline typically operates around 1,200 frequencies every week.
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