Melbourne Airport chaos seemingly avoided despite worker strike

More than a dozen flights were delayed at Melbourne Airport, amid plans for a worker strike.

More than a dozen flights were delayed at Melbourne Airport by 10am Wednesday, amid plans for a worker strike.

At least one flight was cancelled, five flights delayed by more than 30 minutes and another 15 flights delayed by less than half an hour, according to the Melbourne Airport website.

By 10am, only four flights had departed on time.

The flight delays and cancellations were across a number of airlines.

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The Transport Workers Union has told refuelling company Rivet that its members plan to strike from 4am Wednesday over a protracted pay dispute.

The company’s major client is Qantas and the move is expected to spark serious disruptions for travellers as the airline scrambles to find staff to refuel flights out of Melbourne.

However, a Qantas spokeswoman said travel was largely unaffected.

“Our operations team has done a great job of putting work arounds in place and at this stage we’re not expecting any material impact to our flights on Wednesday,” she said.

Originally published as Melbourne Airport chaos seemingly avoided despite worker strike