Luxair´s sudden cancellation of the staff travel agreement for Cargolux employees a couple weeks ago came as a surprise to all of us. After having lost all travel benefits on our own airplanes this development was rather a big setback for many of our members, especially for those who are dependent on Luxair ID tickets for commuting to and from work.
Meanwhile we have been informed by our CEO that Luxair proposed a new staff travel agreement to Cargolux, which covers both business travel and private travel for Cargolux staff.
On 28 July 2020 the CEO requested the feedback from the Delegation to Luxair’s proposal regarding private travel. This proposal contains an increase of approximately 80% for the cost of a one-way ID staff ticket, which would be – more or less – in line with the revised travel-agreement implemented by Luxair for their own staff.
After due consideration (lack of alternatives, flexible and cheaper ID tickets versus inflexible and expensive full fare tickets, the urgency of a timely reintroduction of the staff travel agreement, the risk of losing all travel benefits) the Delegation advised management in a letter dated 29 July 2020 to accept the proposal from Luxair. Nevertheless, a possibility to renegotiate the travel agreement after the COVID 19 crisis was mentioned in this letter. You can find the Delegation’s feedback following this link.
It was only in the CEO’s response to the Delegation’s feedback, that we learned, that Luxair’s proposal covers also “other business travel” Cargolux undertakes with Luxair and that “Cargolux will be looking at the overall package to the business in deciding if it represents value to the company or not.“
On Saturday, 08 August 2020, the CEO informed the Delegation that he approached Luxair with “a request for an improved offer for private travel for our employees but have not heard anything to date” and that he was still waiting for a response.
We will keep you informed about any developments.
