ICAO adopts safety information code of conduct (ATW)

ICAO adopted a code of conduct to oversee the collection, sharing and use of aviation safety information. “Transparency and sharing of safety information are fundamental to a safe air transportation system. The new code of conduct will help ensure that the information is used in a fair and consistent manner, with the sole objective of improving safety,” said ICAO Council President Roberto Kobeh González.


July 2, 2011

Judge Rejects Boeing Effort to Dismiss NLRB Charges

In a 19-page ruling issued today, Judge Clifford Anderson rejected “in its entirety” Boeing’s motion to dismiss the NLRB case challenging its retaliatory transfer of the second 787 line and associated supply-chain work to South Carolina.


July 1, 2011

Workers in Germany vote for action at low cost airline

Deadlocked negotiations at a low cost airline have prompted unionists in Germany to vote in favour of strike action.


Turkish aviation union wins bargaining rights at ground handling company

An aviation union in Turkey has won bargaining rights at a ground handling company based at Istanbul airport, following a long and bitter struggle for union recognition.


Qantas engineers expand city hitlist

A COMPULSORY conference at Fair Work Australia yesterday failed to resolve issues between Qantas and engineers, with new talks unlikely during strike action next week. The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association made good on its threat to expand industrial action beyond Monday’s two-hour stoppage in Melbourne as it added Perth to the list of destinations […]


June 29, 2011

easyJet faces strike in Germany as of next week

(AFP) – BERLIN — EasyJet, the no-frills airline, faces strike action in Germany starting next week following a vote by pilots and flight attendants demanding a new contract, trade union Verdi said Monday.


Vice premier says China supports global airline alliances

BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang said on Tuesday the government supports domestic airlines to join global air carrier alliances and that foreign airlines are welcome to open new routes to China.


Members Overwhelmingly Approve New Agreement at Air Canada (CAW-Canada)

CAW Local 2002 members at Air Canada have voted 87.7 per cent in favour of a new collective agreement.


June 28, 2011