Australia's Qantas Airways (resumed) flights Monday after a government labor board ordered it to end a dispute with its unions that grounded the airline over the weekend.
"Qantas can confirm that all domestic and international services have resumed from mid-afternoon on Monday 31 October," the airline's website said. "We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and stress our customers have faced (over the past days) and months."
The first planes to depart were an international flight from Sydney to Jakarta and a domestic route from Melbourne to Sydney.
Some 100,000 passengers were impacted by the groundings, said Kira Reed, an airline representative.
Labor relations tribunal Fair Work Australia ordered an end to the labor dispute "to avoid significant damage to the tourism industry" (after) Qantas grounded its jets Saturday afternoon.
The airline grounded 447 flights and, ahead of the order to end the dispute, had announced it would lock out its unionized pilots, engineers, ramp, baggage and catering crews effective Monday evening.
The dispute with the unions has dragged on for 14 months, the labor board said.
Qantas argued that the unions' demands would leave the airline "seriously impaired or destroyed."
The labor board gave the two sides (three weeks) to reach an agreement, with a possible three-week extension if talks were making progress.