It plans to start service with seven planes and then increase to 40 jets by the second half of this year. (Houston Chronicle)
More than 100 passengers were refused boarding after they started a scuffle when one or a number of them were told by a Ryanair gate agent they would be charged extra for oversized carry-on luggage, according to various reports. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Union abandons threat of fresh walkouts after British Airways questions legality of January ballot (The Guardian – UK)
The trade union Impact, which represents the cabin crew, said this morning said that current industrial action is to be suspended and that the company will restore its members to the payroll and normal duties, pending the outcome of a binding arbitration to be carried out by the Labour Relations Commission. (Irish Times)
IATA has expressed concerns that the steadily-rising price of oil will further dent the airline industry’s already “pathetic” profit margins. (Flightglobal.com)
A delegation from the the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the ITF’s European arm, visited the Philippine embassy in Belgium this week in support of aviation workers in the Philippines who are facing mass dismissal. ETF general secretary Eduardo Chagas and ETF political secretary for civil aviation François Ballestero visited the embassy in Brussels on […]
Union representing aviation maintenance workers in Turkey reached an agreement on pay and conditions earlier this week. The deal was brokered just hours before the union was scheduled to announce its intention to take strike action. The ITF-affiliated Turkish civil aviation union Hava-Is reached the settlement with management at Turkish Technic Inc, a Turkish Airlines […]
A union representing cabin crew workers in Ireland is seeking third party intervention in a dispute over new rosters imposed by airline managers.
