Latin rivals battle for power in Peru

Peru has emerged as a key battleground for leading Latin American airline groups LAN and Avianca-TACA, with the two giants stepping up competition against each other as well as small, local players. (from flightglobal.com)


February 24, 2011

Oneworld Alliance unions to explore joint action

London: ITF unions representing workers in the Oneworld Alliance airlines today agreed to explore ways of taking a coordinated approach to labour relations across the Alliance, including the creation of a ‘One World of Labour Council’. They plan to meet in the USA in the April to flesh out the idea and develop joint strategies […]


Cabin Crew

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Airline Passengers Benefit As Flight Attendants Gain Ground On Sanitation And Temperature Standards

Flight Attendants in the USA Get Cabin Health and Safety Standards in Senate’s FAA Reauthorization (Press release from AFA-CWA – USA)


February 19, 2011

Ground Staff

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Update of the PALEA-PAL dispute by Gerry Rivera, President of PALEA

Last 11 Feb, PAL & PALEA finally had a conciliation conference before the Office of the President with one Secretary and two Assistant Secretaries in attendance. For the first time, PAL admitted that the financial status (crisis?) of the company is not the main reason for the outsourcing program that may eventually lead to contractualization of jobs of the regular employees


IATA sees robust premium air travel after slow Dec

GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Bad weather in Europe and North America hit first and business class air travel in December, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday.


February 18, 2011

Going nowhere

Advert published in The Guardian, Mirror and Daily Mail (all of the UK) about the reality behind the dispute of Unite the Union (UK) with British (BrUtish!) Airways.


February 16, 2011

Forty years on, birth of a new Boeing jumbo

Boeing Co rolled out a new jumbo jet on Sunday, hoping to relive the glamour of the birth of the 747 over 40 years ago and use it to boost slow sales. (Reuters)


February 14, 2011

Pakistan national airline staff end strike -pilots

The staff of Pakistan’s national airlines on Friday ended a strike, which had grounded all flights, after their demands were met, said Sohail Baluch, chief of the Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association (PALPA). Reuters


February 11, 2011