Comair : UASA approaches CCMA for urgent Section 150 intervention

Monday, April 18, 2016 3:00:00 PM

Johannesburg, 18 April 2016; Comair implemented a defensive lock-out of its airport staff, who have been on strike since Wednesday, 13 April 2016, when employees, represented by the trade union, United Association of South Africa (UASA), laid down tools at 16:40. The lock-out was effective Sunday, 17 April 2016.

On Monday, 18 April, UASA the Union approached the South African Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for an urgent Section 150 intervention. The parties will now meet Tuesday, 19 April 2016.

Around 40% of the airport staff complement is taking part in the industrial action. Some members have been picketing at the Company's head office in Bonaero Park as well as at the Cape Town and Port Elizabeth International Airports.

'Operations are still running smoothly, despite the continued industrial action by members represented by the trade union. We have received phenomenal support from across the business to ensure it is business as usual', Erik Venter, Comair's CEO, says.

Venter continues, 'A huge contributing fact to our flights leaving on-time, is our customers. Customers are arriving at the airport early, already checked in online with their home printed boarding pass - only needing to drop their bags at the bag drop counters. We appeal to our customers to continue making use of our online facilities and to check in online.'

ENDS

About Comair Limited

Comair Limited is a South African aviation and travel company, offering scheduled and non-scheduled airline services within South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, as its main business. The company operates under its low-fare airline brand, kulula.com, as well as under the British Airways livery, as part of its British Airways Plc. license agreement. Managed and owned by South Africans through its listing on the JSE, Comair has been operating successfully in this country since 1946. Comair is the only known airline to have achieved operating profits for 69 consecutive years and has a safety record which is internationally recognised.

For more information on Comair, visit www.comair.co.za

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