by Clare Speak When the call came late on the evening of 18 July, Malaysia Airlines staff rushed to Kuala Lumpur International Airport and soon found themselves reliving a nightmare that they’d hoped to start putting behind them. Waiting anxiously alongside colleagues for news of a flight believed to be lost, just as they had […]
The Abbott government must step in to re-route Qantas and other Australian flights away from conflict zones in the wake of the MH17 tragedy, a union leader says. Transport Workers Union (TWU) national secretary Tony Sheldon said travellers should have the right to know if their plane is travelling over a war zone. “The airlines […]
Australian and other international airlines should be required to adjust their flight paths to avoid war zones and other dangerous areas, Transport Union boss Tony Sheldon will tell the ALP state conference this weekend. The Transport Workers Union will put a motion to the conference calling for Australian aviation regulations to be changed to make […]
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today [22 July 2014] denounced the guilty verdicts delivered against Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) lawyer Thulani Maseko and magazine editor Bheki Makhubu. The ITF has always maintained that their trial, on charges of contempt of court, was politically motivated and part of the same sustained government attempt to silence […]
On 19 July, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced that approximately 11,000 maintenance training specialist, fleet service and mechanic and related employees approved new contracts by 96, 86 and 67 percent respectively at the “new” American Airlines. The three year accords provide for significant wage hikes, industry-best job security, retains affordable […]
Workers are set to strike the Luxembourg airline at Luxair tomorrow (19 July). Luxair workers are in an ongoing dispute with the airline as a result of unsuccessful collective agreement bargaining with employers. The unions (OGBL, LCGB and NGL-SNEP) demand the same terms as in the previous agreement signed in July 2013. The joint press […]
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today expressed its deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew onbard flight MH17 and backed calls for an international investigation. MH17 was carrying almost 300 passengers when it crashed yesterday in eastern Ukraine on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The reasons […]
On May 6 2013, Transport Canada granted an exemption to WestJet to change the current regulation of 1 flight attendant for every 40 passengers to a new ratio of 1 flight attendant for every 50 passenger seats. On October 28 2013, Transport Canada granted a similar exemption to Sunwing. Air Canada and Air Transat also […]