Gå-sakte action has canceled several Widerøe flights in Norway – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio

Recently, there have been several cancellations at the airline Widerøe. – Widerøe is not satisfied with the operating quality that we currently deliver. The poor regularity is due to a number of unfortunate circumstances which, in sum, create major problems for the operation, says communications manager Catharina Solli in Widerøe to Bergens Tidende (BT). 150 unionized aircraft technicians began to “go slowly” from Monday 25 November, explains Widerøe’s communications advisor Lina Carlsen in an email to news. This happened because no agreement was reached in the local negotiations between Widerøe Technical Services (WTS) and the Norwegian Aviation Technician Organization (NFO). A “go-slow action” really means what the name implies, that the workers slow down. In this case, this means that the technicians work 15 percent slower. This is therefore not the same as a strike. A number of cancellations The campaign has led to a number of cancellations on Widerøe’s grid. On Monday, there were a number of cancellations around the country. From Trondheim there have been 10 canceled departures and 11 arrivals. 16 arrivals and 12 departures were canceled in Bergen, while 10 departures and 11 arrivals were canceled at Bodø Airport. In addition, there have been a number of cancellations at the small airports around the country. Have no options – Where we would normally have spare aircraft to deploy, we are now left with no options and will have to cancel, writes Carlsen. She also explains that the weather has its part to blame for the many settings that have been in place recently: – In severe winter weather, the planes accelerate faster, which means that they have a greater need for technical inspection. Getting help from Island Carlsen says they are working on hiring technical maintenance from other suppliers. – We are happy that from today we have Iceland Air who will fly for us on certain routes until Christmas. That will remedy something. We are also trying to hire additional capacity to get more planes available, writes Carlsen, who adds: – Unfortunately, it will take time before operations are back to normal, but we are working hard to find good solutions. We are very sorry for those of our passengers affected by this. Published 02.12.2024, at 21.02 Updated 02.12.2024, at 21.48



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