The works council and the union Vida are holding works meetings at Austrian Airlines on March 7, 2023. Air traffic disruptions are therefore to be expected. Cancellations and delays cannot be ruled out. Background: According to employee representatives, the AUA board has broken off the social partner negotiations. There has been a tense atmosphere between the works council or union and the airline's general management for some time. The austerity package that was concluded in the wake of the corona pandemic is due to expire this year, but AUA is not considering adjusting wages and salaries, despite the recent price increases. The negotiating situation has now become so deadlocked that, according to Vida, the Austrian Airlines board has left the table. There is talk of a unilateral termination of the talks. In a press release, the employee representatives make serious allegations. But AUA employees are not going to be fobbed off cheaply, and price increases are still at record levels. We will discuss the next steps with the employees at a staff meeting at Vienna Airport on March 7th from 9 a.m.," said Daniel Liebhart, chairman of Vida's aviation department. The union's presentation is that the state-backed loan was to be financed through the austerity package approved by employee representatives. However, due to high revenues, AUA was able to make the early repayment through regular cash flow and a credit line provided by parent company Lufthansa. Liebhart said: "This means nothing other than that the loan could be repaid early using the company's own economic power, which is basically a good thing, and which means that the personnel savings package has lost its justification."