The strike by pilots and flight engineers of All Nippon Airways Co. over the lowering of their salaries -- which management felt were too high -- reached 11 days April 16, causing the cancellation of six more international flights.
The strike is costing the airline about 200 million yen per day, an ANA spokesman claimed, and there is no foreseeable end to it. A total of 1,200 passengers were forced to switch flights or use competing carriers April 16, the spokesman said. The canceled international flights were among 46 scheduled for ANA on the same day.
The labor union for the crew of the country's second-largest air carrier said it can accept pay cuts but demands a reasonable explanation for them and transparency regarding the firm's financial conditions.