Due to a strike by KLM ground staff scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM CET, KLM has cancelled over 100 flights. Passengers whose flights have been cancelled have been rebooked onto the next available flight. KLM advises all passengers flying during or around the st...

Industrial action that would have “shut down” Bournemouth Airport this weekend has been halted after the employer made a new pay offer. More than 100 workers at the airport were due to strike from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 September in a dispute over pay. This would have had a significant impact ...

Strikes due to take place from 2 September at UK aerospace giant Airbus have been postponed following an improved pay and pension offer from the employer. Unite members at the Filton and Broughton factories will now be balloted between Friday 12 September and Friday 19 September. Unite national ...

Bournemouth Airport could be shut down next month as almost 80 workers are being balloted on whether to take strike action. The workers, members of the UK's leading union Unite, include plane fuellers, baggage handlers, security and check-in staff and flight dispatchers amongst others. With wo...

Air Canada will begin a "phased wind down of most of its operations" over the next three days as it prepares for industrial action. The carrier has issued the statutory 72-hour lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) representing 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and ...

The Finnish Aviation Union (IAU) has announced industrial action on Monday, July 7, at Helsinki Airport. If the planned actions are implemented, they will impact all essential ground services related to Finnair flights. Due to the planned industrial action, Finnair will have to cancel approxim...

The Finnish Aviation Union IAU has announced industrial action at Finnair’s home hub, Helsinki Airport, causing extensive disruptions to traffic on Tuesday, 17 June. The four-hour industrial actions target different work shifts and thus affect many functions essential also to Finnair's flights ...

The Finnish Aviation Union IAU has announced industrial action at Finnair’s home hub Helsinki Airport, causing extensive disruptions to traffic on Friday, 30 May. According to the IAU, the industrial actions are similar to those carried out earlier in May. The four-hour industrial actions ta...

The Finnish Aviation Union IAU has announced industrial action at Finnair’s home hub Helsinki Airport, causing extensive disruptions to Finnair traffic on Monday, 19 May. According to the IAU, the industrial actions are similar to those carried out earlier in May. The four-hour industrial ac...

The Finnish Aviation Union IAU has announced industrial action at Finnair’s home hub Helsinki Airport, causing extensive disruptions to Finnair traffic on Friday, 16 May. According to the IAU, the industrial actions are similar to those carried out earlier in May. The four-hour industrial ac...

Boeing shares took a hit yesterday after workers rejected a pay rise of 35 per cent over four years. The aircraft manufacturer's shares fell 1.5 per cent, while Spirit AeroSystems lost 3.2 per cent, Reuters reports. More than 30,000 workers have been on strike since 13 September after an ini...

Qantas has been ordered to pay three ex-employees a total of A$170,000 after it was ruled the airline illegally sacked almost 1,700 baggage handlers during Covid. Justice Michael Lee of the Federal Court of Australia ruled today that the three test cases should receive $30,000, $40,000 and $100,0...

More than 300 cabin crew working for Cathay Pacific at Heathrow Airport have won a new pay deal after negotiations with the UK trade union Unite. The two-year pay deal will see crew receive an 8 per cent increase in salary in 2025 and a further 3 per cent in 2026. An additional increase in fligh...

easyJet was forced to cancel 232 flights this week after industrial action was called by cabin crew staff in Portugal. The strikes began on 15 August and will last until 17 August. The airline said the flight cancellations are expected to affect travellers on 27 return flights between the UK and ...

More than 4,600 workers at Gatwick Airport will receive an average pay increase of 8.3 per cent. The UK trade union Unite secured pay rises for the airport workers, who are employed by 11 different companies at the airport. The figures were released after around 400 Wilson James passenger assi...