Johannesburg - South African Airways says cabin crew members whose strike forced some flight cancellations have returned to work after a court order.
The financially struggling airline has said that it hopes for a negotiated solution to the dispute with the South African Cabin Crew Association, a labour union whose members went on strike on Wednesday to demand higher meal allowances when working outside South Africa.
The airline says 50 flights, including 28 domestic ones, were cancelled Wednesday. Later that day, a labour court ruled that the strike was not allowed under terms of the crew members' contracts.
Currently, cabin crew members get a meal allowance of $130 per trip. They wanted $170, arguing that the allowance had not increased in half a dozen years and that they stay in international hotels where food is expensive.