Nadi International Airport stakeholders have come up with a temporary measure to ensure that international flights continue without disruptions.
The airport stakeholders led by Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, including the CEOs and other senior leaders from ATS, Fiji Airways, Airports Fiji Limited, Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji and Air New Zealand have agreed to cooperate, share and outsource resources in order to maintain operations, commercial flights and keep Nadi International Airport open and fully functional.
In light of disruptions caused by the continued strike by ATS workers, the stakeholders also formatted a plan to ensure that the services required for international flights continue.
They say that while the industrial matters are being addressed, the industry stakeholders will continue this approach until the situation normalizes.
The management of Air Terminal Services Limited are currently meeting the union representatives of ATS workers in Nadi in the presence of the Permanent Secretary for Employment and Chief Mediator in relation to the ATS workers who had illegally walked out of their workplace on Saturday.
About 100 ATS workers have now been locked out of the workplace by their employer.
ATS Chairman Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum met with ATS management yesterday.
He will comment on their next step later this morning.
Meanwhile, Fiji Trades Union Congress General Secretary Felix Anthony says the workers want to return to work and he does not see any problems with them attending a shareholders meeting during working hours on Saturday.
Anthony is saying that the workers are locked out and the Ministry of Employment needs to act on it.
