Air chaos averted as controllers call off strike

TRANSATLANTIC and domestic flights will not be disrupted this month as air traffic controllers have called off their proposed strike.

The controllers’ union IMPACT and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) have agreed to forward their dispute to the Labour Court. Its findings will be binding on both parties. The decision came at 11.30pm on Thursday after 14 hours of talks at the Labour Relations Commission.

“We have withdrawn our notice of strike action and the company will not take anyone off the payroll until the Labour Court has ruled,” IMPACT assistant general secretary Michael Landers said.