Romania’s Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA) employees and the Transport Ministry reached an agreement Monday afternoon and air traffic controllers called of their strike plans that would have affected the 2,500 – 3,000 flights that transit the country every day.
Union leader Gabriel Tudorache said all their demands have been met and a new collective work contract had been agreed upon.
Air traffic controllers were on a two-hour warning strike on July 15, during which time they covered one third of air traffic. Last week, they threatened to stop work as of September 1, saying issues at hand were matters of “life and death” and concerned air passenger safety.
ROMATSA general manager Aurel Stanciu, whom unions accused of breaching everything that had been agreed with the Transport Ministry in terms of air traffic control activities, resigned last week after being appointed to a state secretary position at the Transport Ministry.