Pilot union accuses it of ‘operating on limits of legality’
But Ryanair insists planes have sufficient fuel reserves
Probe after diversion of Paris-Tenerife flight on Sunday
September 21, 2012
New Delhi: Ever since the FDI fever took over in India, the news largely has been dominated by the latest economic development primarily. Now, after the retail section garnered attention for reforms, the aviation industry is set to recieve a first dose to refreshment, with Maylaysian low cost airliner Air Asia looking for an Indian partner. Though there are no concrete announcements from the low cost Asian airliner, but the hunt for the Indian partner is indeed underway, and plans forward will be revealed soon by Tony Fernandes, the chairman of Air Asia.
ALL domestic flights of Arik Air from the Murtala Muhammed Airport were suspended yesterday due to a protest by aviation unions.
The unions which protested the alarming debts owed by the airline to various agencies in the aviation industry, included the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE).
Norwegian trade unions have increased the pressure on Turkish Airlines (THY) by questioning whether their national investment bank should disinvest in the company.
The Norwegian Cabin Crew Union, the Norwegian Union of Commercial and Office Employees, …
September 14, 2012
Substantial progress has been made in an ongoing dispute at Egyptair, thanks to the ITF’s intervention on 7 September, when police and security guards reportedly failed to protect striking cabin crew members at Cairo Airport.
The intervention imme…
September 12, 2012
….The organisers also commend the following films:
21 Years effective testimony on the dangers of chemical treatment of banana crops and part of a series films about worker abuses in the Cameroon from the Make Fruit Fair campaign. Starting to Smoke Again A rail worker, caught between the decisions of big business has a long walk home in 2012. Winning in the Worlds’ Ports provides insight into dockers’ struggles and successes. Rights Removal: an ambitious film using an unusual scenario highlighting a very important issue at the current time. Brutally Yours: A nice agit prop piece. Rig Life and finally Union Street by Benjamin Bee.
September 11, 2012
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is pleased to announce that what it describes as ‘substantial progress’ has been made in an ongoing dispute at Egyptair. The global union intervened last Friday, 7 September, when police and security guards reportedly failed to protect striking cabin crew members at Cairo Airport (see this earlier press release).
EgyptAir has had to a cancel a number of its international flights today due to a strike by the airline’s cabin crew.
September 7, 2012
