Taiwan News
Date: 2016-06-25
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – All flights will resume normal service beginning Sunday, one day ]earlier than originally planned after the flight attendants’ strike, China Airlines said Saturday.
Taiwan’s biggest carrier has been struggling with the fallout from a one-day strike Friday by the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union, which ended with the company giving in to most of the protesters’ demands.
Despite a consensus being announced late on Friday, dozens of flights were still canceled Saturday, causing long lines and angry confrontations between passengers and ground staff, who did not strike.
Over two days, CAL canceled more than a hundred flights from and to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Taipei Songshan Airport, affecting more than 20,000 passengers. [FULL STORY]