Flyr AS — Regulatory Filings 2021

Jun 16, 2021

Flyr and the cabin union sign collective agreement

Flyr and the cabin union sign collective agreement

On Wednesday, Flyr and the company's cabin union signed a collective agreement valid until March 2024. The parties are represented by NHO Luftfart (Federation of Norwegian Aviation Industries)/NHO (Federation of Norwegian Enterprise) and Kabinansattes Forbund (Cabin Association of Norway)/LO (The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) respectively. Flyr's cabin crew will also be part of the company's profit-sharing program.

For Flyr the agreement means that the company and its employees will have a predictable and good framework for establishing and developing the business in the Norwegian market.

“The negotiations have been positive and constructive. The dialogue has been characterized by openness, trust and a common will to find solutions that make it possible to build future aviation in Norway based on direct and permanent employment throughout the organization. This will help counteract the trend we have seen in recent years, where extensive use of outsourcing to low-cost countries as well as the creation of staffing agencies and operating licenses outside of Norway have become the new normal,” said CEO Tonje Wikstrøm Frislid at Flyr.

“We are starting an airline from scratch, and we want to build it together with all our colleagues and their unions. An important building block is our profit-sharing model, which will include all employees, not just management. This model has been very well received by our employees and for us it is the right way to run our business, because when we will build the company together we will also share the profits from our joint efforts,” Wikstrøm Frislid continued.

Kabinansattes Forbund is also satisfied with the agreement and looks forward to contributing to the further development of aviation in Norway together with Flyr.

“There have been positive and constructive negotiations where the parties have had a clear intention to create a good place to work and a good collective agreement for the cabin crew in Flyr. We are pleased that Flyr wants to be the player that favors Norwegian employees and the Norwegian model. In this sense, this is a strategy that is long-awaited in an industry that for many years has been tough for the cabin crew. We wish Flyr and their cabin crew good luck,” said Elin Roverudseter of Kabinansattes Forbund.