Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi-owned airline, is set to announce a far-reaching code share agreement with Air France-KLM on Monday, two people familiar with the agreement said. The deal, which will not include an equity stake, signals a thawing of relations between Europe’s flag carriers and the younger Gulf airlines, which are aggressively expanding their reach.
October 10, 2012
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Qatar Airways is set to be the first of the fast-expanding Gulf carriers to become a member of one of the global airline alliances, by agreeing to join oneworld.
The move is a coup for oneworld, whose members are led by American Airlines and British Airways, and underlines how the Gulf carriers may no longer be viewed with hostility by western airlines.
October 2, 2012
The Flight Attendants Union Coalition(FAUC), representing 100,000 Flight Attendants at carriers nationwide, today announced their collective endorsement of the re-election of President Barack Obama.
September 29, 2012
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).
….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 is launching a new campaign for the reinstatement of 305 sacked Turkish Airlines workers and the withdrawal of a swingeing new legal amendment that deprives aviation workers of the right to strike.
July 9, 2012
