Transavia technicians cancel plans for protests after successful contract talks

Transavia Aviation technicians have canceled their planned work stoppages on Friday because of a temporary agreement that has been struck regarding a new Collective Bargaining agreement. Piet Visser, the chairman of the Dutch Association of Aviation Technicians (NVLT), has said this. The more favorable final offer came in on Thursday evening, 12 minutes before the ultimatum expired.

The technicians were planning on conducting their first work stoppage at Schiphol Airport, Eindhoven Airport, and Rotterdam The Hague Airport on Friday if Transavia did not respond to their demands for a salary raise. This likely would have led to flights being delayed or canceled.

However, according to Visser, the protest committee saw sufficient reason in Transavia's final offer to suspend the work stoppages for the time being. For example, an 8.5 percent surcharge will almost completely close the gap with the salaries for technicians of the parent company KLM.

Transavia has also proposed to hold talks with technicians every six months about their future with the company, including in the area of ​​training. Future prospects were also a major negotiating point for the NVLT in the negotiations.

Members of the trade union will have to agree with the results of the negotiation next week, but Visser is not expecting this to be a problem. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement must apply retroactively from June until early 2026.