The International Transport Workers’ Federation and the 13 million transport workers it represents, would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those who were tragically lost today on Jeju Air Flight 77C2216 and last Wednesday on Azerbaijan Airline Flight 8432. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with all […]
December 31, 2024
Thorsten Wehe, IFATSEA president and a great friend of the ITF, passed away on 14 February 2022. Here, below we publish the condolences letter sent by Gabriel Mocho Rodriguez, ITF civil aviation secretary to Theodore Kiritsis, IFATSEA vice-president. It is with deep sadness that we have learnt of the untimely death of Thorsten Wehe. Thorsten […]
February 17, 2022
It is with shock and despair that we have received the news of the explosion at the Port of Beirut that has devastated the city, killed at least 100 people, injured thousands and rendered hundreds of thousands more homeless. We at the ITF send our deepest condolences and solidarity to the people of Lebanon. We […]
August 6, 2020
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 […]
July 18, 2014