Passengers should be able to travel through Copenhagen Airport this summer without worrying whether or not their luggage will reach its destination, as baggage handling company Novia has reached an agreement with its 120 employees who went on a temporary strike on Saturday.

 

Novia, which is responsible for around 40 percent of all baggage handling in the airport, experienced the work stoppage after the firing of one of its employees caused an internal stir within the company.

 

Employees further claimed grievances over a breach of rules dictating break time, as the 800 employees under the company have on average 20 hours of unused breaks. 

 

The work stop caused 23 planes to be delayed for more than an hour and about 500 bags and luggage to be left unattended in the airport. 

 

Ole Brink Andersen, Novia's administrative director, wrote in a press release that a deal had been reached with the disillusioned employees and that no further problems should occur. 

 

“We have now reached an agreement that both employer and employees should be pleased with," he wrote. 

 

He added that both parties agreed that passengers through the airport should not be punished for an internal disagreement.

 

“I want to apologise once more to the passengers who had to experience such an annoyance during their summer vacation,” Andersen wrote.