[Israel] El Al will restore pilots’ salaries to pre-pandemic levels

In Israel, flag carrier El Al Israel Airlines has reached a collective agreement with its pilots to restore their salaries to pre-pandemic levels and end months of protest action that led to cancelled flights, Reuters reports.

The deal - which is valid until 2025 - states that salaries will return to previous levels by the beginning of 2023, El Al and the Histadrut labour federation said in a joint statement.

In June, a labour court denied El Al's demand to force pilots back to work after near-daily cancellations, instead ordering both sides to negotiate a deal. Pilots were demanding that El Al abided by a 2017 salary deal.

"Israeli airline pilots, including El Al pilots, significantly reduced their salaries so the airlines could survive. Today, with the aviation industry recovering, it is time to return to the previous situation," Avi Edri - head of the Histadrut's transportation workers' union - said.

In May El Al said it had narrowed its first-quarter loss to $66 million from $86 million a year earlier following the reopening of Israel's borders to foreign tourists and passenger numbers returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Source: Reuters 

(Quote via original reporting)

In Israel, flag carrier El Al Israel Airlines has reached a collective agreement with its pilots to restore their salaries to pre-pandemic levels and end months of protest action that led to cancelled flights, Reuters reports.

The deal - which is valid until 2025 - states that salaries will return to previous levels by the beginning of 2023, El Al and the Histadrut labour federation said in a joint statement.

In June, a labour court denied El Al's demand to force pilots back to work after near-daily cancellations, instead ordering both sides to negotiate a deal. Pilots were demanding that El Al abided by a 2017 salary deal.

"Israeli airline pilots, including El Al pilots, significantly reduced their salaries so the airlines could survive. Today, with the aviation industry recovering, it is time to return to the previous situation," Avi Edri - head of the Histadrut's transportation workers' union - said.

In May El Al said it had narrowed its first-quarter loss to $66 million from $86 million a year earlier following the reopening of Israel's borders to foreign tourists and passenger numbers returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Source: Reuters 

(Quote via original reporting)