The presidential campaign of Mexico’s ruling party candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota is off to a rocky start after a union protest forced the cancellation of one political rally and attendees streamed out of another this weekend.
With San Miguel Corp. (SMC) taking over management control of flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL), the former is set to implement a number of changes aimed at putting the long-suffering airline back on its feet.
SMC president Ramon Ang has confirmed in a text message to The STAR that he is taking over as president of PAL. Business taipan Lucio Tan will remain as chairman of PAL.
Loss-making Air France called on Monday for increased efforts to overhaul its European passenger network and signalled the survival of its short- and medium-haul operations depended on the willingness of staff to accept “drastic” cost cuts.
A union federation covering the aviation industry in Argentina has been reinstated decades after it was crushed by the country’s last military dictatorship.
The Federación Argentina del Personal Aeronáutico (FAPA) was inaugurated at an event in Bue…
MUMBAI: The standoff between Kingfisher Airlines management and employees, agitating over delayed salaries, ended on Tuesday with the protestors accepting the assurance given by the beleaguered carrier’s promoter Vijay Mallya and deciding to withdraw their agitation.
Mallya, who had a meeting with the employees including pilots and engineers late last night, had assured them that their dues would be paid in a staggered manner by April 10.
British Airways’ parent company IAG has been given permission to buy Bmi from Lufthansa by the European Commission.
European competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia today cleared the £172.5 million purchase despite a last-ditch effort by Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson to stop the deal. But IAG has had to give up 14 slots from Heathrow to get the deal approved.
DALLAS – American Eagle, which operates feeder flights for American Airlines, said Wednesday that it wants to cut annual labor costs by $75 million and could shed 500 or more jobs over time.
Aviation services workers in Panama are being denied the right to freedom of association and representation, despite the fact that a majority of them have signed up to an ITF-affiliated union.
The Panamanian labour minister has refused to recognise the…