26 Sep 2017

Strike continues to disrupt New Caledonia flights

8:28 am on 26 September 2017

Flight schedules of New Caledonia's international airline continue to be disrupted by an indefinite pilots' strike.

Air Calin planes at Tontouta Airport in New Caledonia

Air Calin planes at Tontouta Airport in New Caledonia Photo: AFP

Today's Noumea to Auckland flight has been cancelled.

The stoppage by about a third of the pilots began on Thursday in a bid to get better conditions.

The pilots' union said this was its first strike in the history of Air Calin, describing it as the outcome of a long deterioriation of their terms and conditions.

The union said the pilots decided to no longer stand for the deterioration which had a terrible impact on the company.

The airline said pilots could declare to be on strike the moment they were called to work which meant that cancellations could not be anticipated.