The Representatives of ITF, PSI, IUF, ICEM, UNI, CGU and union confederations of Turkey met with the Turkish Labour Minister in Geneva on June 12. Union representatives raised a number of concerns. These included pending trade union and collective labour relations legal changes, restrictions on the right to sign collective agreements, the recent blanket ban […]
The 68th IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit, was held in Beijing, from 10 to 12 June 2012, and hosted by Air China. Here are links to the news of all 3 days, from Flightglobal’s Airline Business Daily: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 It has been announced that next years AGM will be held in […]
European airlines are teetering on the brink of financial collapse, with combined losses expected to exceed $1billion this year, the International Air Transport Association warned today.
Despite a wave of resistance actions by Hava-Is’ members, and strenuous protests by the ITF and ETF and their affiliates, an amendment banning aviation workers from carrying out and partaking in strikes has been rushed through the Turkish General Assembly and approved swiftly by the Turkish President Abdullah Gul. Hava-Is continues its struggle with the […]
Aviation unionists plan to challenge any job losses that result from the LAN – TAM (LATAM) merger, which will create one of the world’s largest airlines.
Unions from across Latin America met in Lima this week in order to respond to the sackings tha…
The ITF today warned the Turkish government that its attack on airline workers’ rights is dragging the country’s name through the mud and will be resisted by international trade unions.
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) has passed a resolution at its executive board meeting decrying an attempt to outlaw the right to take strike action in the aviation industry through a legislative amendment.
The executive board of the…
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has long been known for its iconic Singapore Girls, the demurely smiling stewardesses whose beauty and in-flight pampering harken back to a day when aviation was glamorous—and profitable. That allure, made famous in ads, drew high-paying premium-class flyers to Singapore Air, which in 2006 became the airline with the highest stock market value in the world. Thanks to belt-tightening by business travelers and the rapid growth of Middle Eastern airlines intent on offering even more in-cabin luxury, Singapore Air’s passenger count has fallen 12 percent since 2008—the biggest drop among 12 major full-service Asia-Pacific carriers. Air China overtook it in 2009 to become the world’s most valuable airline by stock value. Even worse, Singapore Air, which hasn’t recorded a full-year loss since it went public more than a quarter century ago, on May 10 reported red ink for the first quarter and slowed capacity growth at its flagship unit. “The fact is that they’re hurting,” says Peter Harbison, executive chairman of CAPA Center for Aviation, a Sydney-based company that advises airlines. “There’s good cause for a fundamental review of Singapore’s strategy.”