Eurowings signs new wage agreements for pilots

Eurowings A320 and A330
Eurowings A320 and A330 (© Lufthansa)

New wage agreements apply for the approximately 300 pilots at Eurowings GmbH as of 1 January 2015. At the beginning of the year, the airline reached agreement with the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots’ union on new settlements that are to run for five years. They govern such matters as developments in working conditions and “grandfathering clauses” for the duration of the agreements.

The collective bargaining partners agreed on a wage increase of 2.5 per cent for the year 2015 and at least two per cent for subsequent years, depending on the rate of inflation. Signing the wage agreements means that the forthcoming renewal of the Eurowings fleet with Airbus A320 aircraft, and thereby the safeguarding of Eurowings and its future prospects, is being aided and supported in terms of collective bargaining, too.

Sustainable settlements with various pilotsʼ unions have already been reached for other flight operations in the Lufthansa Group.