jxjan

Update current as of 12/16 Japan standard time. Just got a notification.

"The Korean Air pilots union will go on strike between December 22 and December 31st, and there will be some impact on flight operations. Information on your reservation will be sent via sms or email."

Edit update: Link to info from Korean Air website.
https://kr.koreanair.com/global/en/a...016_12_16.html

Here is a list of affected flights:

between ICN and Narita
Cancelled: (between 12/22-12-26)
KE 701 Dep:905
KE 705 Dep: 1845
KE 702 Dep:12:50

between 12/23-12/26
KE 706 dep 0910

Flights on Normal ops: (ops = operations)
KE 703
KE001
KE 704
KE 002

Between ICN and Osaka

Cancelled flights:

between: 12/22-12/26
KE 727 dep: 1105
KE 702 12:50

Flights on normal ops: from here on I will remove KE to save time typing this all out. All flights are KE...

723
725
721
724
726
722

Between ICN - Hong Kong

Cancelled flights:
Dec: 22,24,25

601 dep 1345
602 dep 1800

Flights on normal ops:
603,613,607,608,604,614

Between ICN - Dubai

Cancelled flights:
12/25 - only on this day. Flights return to normal the next day.
951 - dep 1235
925 dep 2320

Between ICN and Riyadh-Jeddah

12/23, 12/26

961 dep: 2310
962 dep 1400

Flights on Normal ops

951,5951,952,5952

There are a ton of domestic flight cancellations, but I am to tired to type them all out.

hitokill

Glad to see most international flights are unaffected. Hopefully they will reach an agreement soon.

TennisNoob

Thx for the updates, hope they don't affect north america flights.

mikesaidyes

The government considers KE to be "essential transportation service," so even though the pilots strike, they are legally prohibited from mass disruptions to service. It won't be that big.

Similarly, there was a rail strike here earlier this year. Minimal disruptions.

TennisNoob

Any flight that they know will strike in advanced will be cancelled right? Or they will advise at the airport?

I have an flight from ICN-HKG on the 24th :O

jxjan

The affected flights are posted online. If yours are affected they would have emailed you by now. They update the list periodically.

MSPeconomist

On the second day of the strike, 190 pilots of 2300 participated in the strike, although a maximum of 460 (20%) are allowed by law to do so. The claim is that only an average of two international flights per day or 24 during the entire strike will be cancelled which is about 2% of the scheduled 1,293 previously scheduled international flights according to KE.

The issue is that pilots want a 29% pay increase, down from 34%, to be competitive with working conditions for pilots at competing carriers especially those based in mainland
China where wages are said to be three times higher. The KE pilots are presenting this as a safety issue to retain experienced pilots. Management has offered a 1.9% increase. The last strike by KE pilots was eleven years ago.

TennisNoob

Thanks. Asked the Chief Pursuer regarding this "strike" on ICN-HKG and she said she was unaware of any strike going on >.> what an good cover up.

jxjan

Update: Pilot Strike Suspension!

"As the Pilots Union announced the strike suspension as of December 29, our efforts are now put into normalizing flight operations as soon as possible.

Please note that some flights will remain cancelled as previously announced. Please refer to the below information on cancelled flights.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the strike." - source: KE website.

For flights that may still be affected, the info is on the KE website.