The Irish Airline Pilots' Association (IALPA) has withdrawn threatened strike action at cargo airline ASL Ireland.
Pilots at the company, who are members of IALPA, were planning to engage in work stoppages from this evening in a dispute over union recognition and pay.
The strike threat has been withdrawn after the two sides reached agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
IALPA said an Industrial Relations Agreement has been signed and will be put to members for ballot.
"All industrial action is now withdrawn, and our members have been informed to work as normal," IALPA said in a statement.
The pilots were planning to take part in a 16-hour strike from 5pm this evening with pickets being place outside the airline's Dublin headquarters and at its Leipzig office in Germany.
More work stoppages were threatened on Thursday, and again next week.
The action had the potential to cause major disruption during the busy Christmas delivery period.
ASL Airlines Ireland operates as a major distributor of parcel and cargo services on behalf of Amazon, UPS, DHL and FedEx.
"After a number of weeks of negotiation, IALPA would like to thank the WRC for their conciliation service which ultimately led to agreement being reached, with an Industrial Relations Agreement acceptable to both IALPA and ASL," said Captain Daniel Langan, Vice President of IALPA.
"Our members now will have their say in the matter by way of secret ballot," he added.
On Friday, ASL said it had requested the services of the WRC in a bid to avert the strike action.
ASL said at the time that it had engaged extensively with IALPA but that an impasse had been reached.
In a statement, ASL Airlines thanked the WRC for its immediate response to its request for intervention.
"ASL Airlines is pleased that today's talks have led to the suspension of strike action and hopes that both parties can now move to substantive negotiations towards a full and final resolution in the New Year," a spokesperson said.
