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Holidaymakers travelling to Europe this summer on budget airlines face soaring fees for taking just a single bag on the plane – and staggering costs if they have to make any changes to their tickets or discover at the airport that their bag weighs too much.
Airline workers in Malaysia have hailed the cancellation of an airline share swap last week a victory following a move by the Malaysian government.
The ITF-affiliated Malaysian Airline System Employees’ Union (MASEU), which represents workers at the …
MAS Employees’ Union (Maseu) said it would extend full support to the current management of Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS), following the cancellation of the share-swap deal between the national carrier and AirAsia Bhd yesterday. “All the staff (of MAS) are happy this happened, thanks to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. It was one […]
Air Canada is to outsource some of its aircraft maintenance work overseas after the collapse of its former maintenance unit Aveos Fleet Performance Inc. last month.
All Norwegian pilots organized in the Norwegian Airline Pilots Association and Parat, support the pilots in Norwegian in their fight for permanent employment. If necessary, they are willing to make use of the means at their disposal in order to ensure acceptable working conditions and to prevent social dumping in aviation.
A joint initiative involving the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the ITF’s European arm, has led to improvements in social protection for aircrew across the European Union (EU).
The plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Fr…
The sacking of more than 300 striking airport workers in Kenya for refusing to return to work has caused outrage and anger among unionists and is now the subject of court action.
The workers employed by the state-owned Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), r…
The sacking of more than 300 striking airport workers in Kenya for refusing to return to work has caused outrage and anger among unionists and is now the subject of court action.
The workers employed by the state-owned Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), r…