AviationQantas subsidiary says it will manage 80% of flights this weekend

Jetstar cancels flights as strike looms

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Jetstar will place strike-affected passengers onto other flights.
Jetstar will place strike-affected passengers onto other flights.

SYDNEY - Jetstar in Australia has cancelled more than 100 flights between Friday and Sunday in preparation for pilots and ground staff to walk off the job.

The budget airline says 80% of flights will operate as scheduled on the weekend, with other services to be rescheduled, consolidated, operated with larger aircraft, and have passengers moved onto Qantas flights.

Australian Federation of Air Pilots members, who make up around 80% of Jetstar's mainline pilots, will strike for four hours on Saturday and Sunday amid a breakdown in wage negotiations.

Jetstar says it will continue to seek an agreement with the pilots and others.

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