Airport firefighters in Australia are set to take strike action on 15 April after documents revealed airports are ill-equipped to handle emergencies. The United Firefighters Union of Australia (UFUA) obtained leaked risk assessments that determined Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide airports...

Lufthansa said around 120,000 passengers will be affected by strikes this week as cabin staff are set to walk out across key German airports. This week Lufthansa staff will go on strike at Frankfurt and Munich airports on 12 March and 13 March, respectively. Totalling 1,000 flights, Lufthansa ...

Ryanair has called on the EU Commission to take urgent action to protect overflights as French air traffic control strikes take place today. The airline said that so far this year there have been 65 days of air traffic control (ATC) strikes, forcing airlines to cancel thousands of EU overflights. R...

Further industrial action has been announced by ASLEF, the train drivers' union, as members push for better pay. The strikes are set to impact 16 companies including Gatwick Express, which provides the rail passenger service between London Victoria, Gatwick Airport and Brighton. ASLEF has decl...

The High Court of Australia has ruled that Qantas illegally sacked 1,700 employees during the pandemic, after the airline's bid to overturn the ruling. During the coronavirus pandemic, the carrier outsourced their employees by bringing in contractors. By doing so, Australia's most senior court ru...

Workers at the UK's aviation regulator have voted "overwhelming" in favour of strikes over the Civil Aviation Authority's failure to offer a "fair and affordable" pay increase. At a ballot held by Prospect union, members employed by the CAA voted 67 per cent in support of industrial action, meanw...

An international aerospace manufacturer is facing its sixth week of industrial action at its UK factory amid an ongoing pay dispute with employees. Nicholson's Sealing Technologies, which makes rotary and fixed wing platforms for commercial and military use - among other products for the automoti...

Wizz Air passengers flying from Luton airport have been warned their flights face major disruption as ground handler workers announce three days of fresh industrial action. Trade union Unite says workers, employed by GH London, are taking strike action after a breakdown in industrial relations. ...

Gatwick Airport staff are set to take part in fresh strikes over the August bank holiday weekend as a pay dispute with employers continues. The workers' union Unite announced on Wednesday that more than 200 workers at the airport will take part in eight days of industrial action. It said that ...

Image credit: Aric Chen/Unsplash 96% of Virgin Atlantic (VA) pilots have voted in favour of taking industrial action after “serious concerns” have been raised about fatigue and wellbeing. In an internal ballot by the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), the company’s pilots union, a...

dnata UK’s ground handling & cargo operations arm is calling on Unite the Union to respond to requests for further talks to prevent potential industrial action from taking place in London Heathrow. The Union has ignored responses for further talks and is balloting its members for industrial...

Potential industrial action at Heathrow Airport has been averted after a multi-year pay deal was agreed by baggage handlers at the UK hub, who are members of the trade union Unite. The pay deal covers hundreds of workers employed by Babcock Airports Ltd, comprising five different bargaining unit...

Ryanair faces more strikes after Spanish pilot union SEPLA called for industrial action on 19, 20. 22, 27 and 29 September. Around 900 pilots could walk out in protest at the closures of Ryanair bases in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Las Palmas and Girona, which will cut 120 jobs. The low-cost carrier no...

British Airways (BA) pilots are set to go strike on 9-10, and 27 September 2019 which is likely to cause huge disruption to its schedules from Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) gave notice on Friday (23 August) to BA that it called on its members to st...

The High Court in London yesterday (Wednesday) threw out Ryanair's bid to stop a strike by pilots today (22 August) and tomorrow (23 August).  Justice Lambert DBE rejected Ryanair’s various technical and legal arguments and agreed that British Airline Pilots’ Association's (BALPA) industrial a...