Strike of Maintenance Staff Grounds Serbian Flag Carrier JAT Airways

JAT Tehnika, which employs about 1,000, went on strike late on Tuesday after JAT Airways failed to pay debt owed to the maintenance company, causing a one-month delay delay in the payment of salaries at JAT Tehnika, JAT Airways said in a statement made available to SeeNews on Wednesday.

JAT Airways aircraft will remain grounded until 3 p.m. local time (1300 GMT) on Wednesday.

“JAT Airways owes JAT Tehnika between 120 million dinars ($1.9 million/1.3 million euro) and 150 million dinars at present,” an official of JAT Tehnika official, who refused to be named, told SeeNews over the phone.

JAT Tehnika was spun off three years ago from JAT Airways.

(1 euro=93.0114 Serbian dinars)