Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation, Low cost carriers, Pilots

{0}

The Transportation Trades Department’s statement on US DOT rejection of NAUK exemption application (ttd.org)

Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement in response to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) rejection of Norwegian Air UK’s (NAUK) foreign air carrier permit exemption application: “We are pleased the U.S. Department of Transportation has rejected the application of Norwegian Air UK (NAUK) for a foreign air carrier […]


July 11, 2016

Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation, Low cost carriers

{0}

NAI’s sister airline, Norwegian Air UK, denied foreign air carrier exemption (International Machinists Union)

In a decision that the Machinists Union hopes could be precursor to deny Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) request for a foreign air carrier permit, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) yesterday denied Norwegian Air UK’s (NAUK)—NAI’s UK sister airline—application for a foreign air carrier exemption. “The Machinists Union applauds yesterday’s decision by the DOT to […]


July 4, 2016

Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation, Low cost carriers, Pilots

{0}

Flight Attendant Union Applauds DOT Rejection of Exemption For Norwegian Air UK (afacwa.org)

After months of intense pressure from a broad labor coalition, including the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) today denied an exemption for a foreign air carrier permit to Norwegian Air UK. AFA urges the DOT to close the door on Norwegian UK permanently by rejecting the foreign air […]


July 1, 2016