AS SOME 700 global aviation leaders gather this week at Marina Bay Sands for the 67th International Air Transport Association (Iata) Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit, they will be doing so as dark clouds appear to be gathering over their industry. By VEN SREENIVASAN – SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Barcelona (ACN).- For two days, the managers of the 27 airlines of Star Alliance met in Barcelona. This Friday, they were received by the President of the Catalan Government, together with the Catalan Minister for Economy and Knowledge and the Minister for Public Works, Transport and Sustainability
Ash and gas continue to billow from the Chilean volcano that erupted violently on Saturday, prompting the evacuation of more than 3,500 people living nearby and forcing the cancellation of flights. (The Guardian – UK)
The ITF is supporting a submission against the Irish government for failing to protect the rights of workers employed by Irish low cost carrier Ryanair.
Unionists from around the world staged a protest rally at the annual general meeting (AGM) of global delivery firm DHL in Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday. They were demanding an end to the company’s disregard for workers’ fundamental rights in some countries where DHL operates, as well as its use of lie detector tests.
Hourly paid workers at FedEx’s Paris hub at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport have shown they are prepared to fight for a fair pay rise above the ‘derisory’ one per cent offered by the highly profitable global delivery company.
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Singapore Airlines’ decision to launch a long-haul budget carrier is a risky but necessary gamble as it comes under growing pressure at both ends of the market, aviation analysts said.
Gulf carriers Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways have each established themselves as serious players in the global aviation game. As the Middle East’s airline industry suffers under the weight of soaring fuel prices and regional instability, how are the big three staying out in front? (AMEinfo.com)