Talks to sell Sterling Airlines Fail

Not good news today

Apparently talks to sell Sterling have fallen through. There is of course plenty of news on the Sterling airlines sale in Danish but it's not so easy to find anything in English. Here is one I found using Google News.

Basically the talks collapsed because the union wouldn't agree to demands to change working practices to bring Sterling inline with their rivals. What this would mean is lower basic pay and more sector based and commission for onboard sales.

The problem Sterling has is that some of its competitors have access to much cheaper labour but are allowed to fly the same routes. This is what Open Skies is all about and is good for customers as it has led to a huge ammount of new scheduled flight routes as well as lower prices.