Spanish airline Iberia’s main pilots’ union said Friday its members had suspended a series of strikes planned to last until July after the government agreed to put their case to arbitration. The SEPLA union began striking every Monday and Friday on April 9, vowing to continue until July 20 in a dispute over the launch [...]
Drivers at East Midlands Trains have announced a series of one-day strikes. Drivers’ union Aslef has voted for action over plans by the company to reduce pension fund contributions for both workers and the firm. Bosses insisted the move would not affect pension benefits but the union said the calculations were unreliable. The action, due [...]
Reuters and ANSA reported Wednesday that a powerful windstorm through western and central Turkey has resulted in the suspension of dozens of domestic and international Turkish Airlines flights in Istanbul. Turkish Airlines has also cancelled an estimated 43 domestic and international flights scheduled for 19 April. Passengers are urged to contact airline carriers for updated [...]
Flights in and out of Gatwick Airport have been suspended after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing after smoke was reported in the cabin. Virgin flight VS027 had left the West Sussex airport and was bound for Orlando in the US when it had to return to make the landing on Monday. [...]
Hundreds of immigration and customs workers in the Bahamas are on strike and say they won’t go back to work at least until May 7, when general elections are held. Customs union spokesman K. Renaldo Collie says his union and others are demanding new contracts for two years and accuse the government of slashing some [...]
Flights to and from Portugal face five days of disruption due to strike action by air traffic controllers. The first walkout started for two hours this morning and other strikes have been called for tomorrow, April 19, 20 and 26. The industrial action is scheduled to run between 7-9 am on each day. The Foreign [...]
Lisbon Airport ATC (Air Traffic Control) are planning a 2 hour strike tomorrow, Friday, 13th April, between 0600 and 0800hrs. On both days, BA499 LIS-LHR has been re-timed to depart at 0900hrs, 45 minutes later than scheduled. It is now due to arrive LHR at 1140hrs. Bookings are not being updated in Amadeus, but if [...]
The quake triggered a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean region. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said it was not yet known whether a tsunami had been generated, but advised authorities to “take appropriate action”. The region is regularly hit by earthquakes. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people in Aceh. The [...]
Spanish airline Iberia said it had cancelled 124 flights on Monday as pilots began a series of one-day strikes to protest against conditions at new low-cost offshoot Iberia Express. Pilots’ union SEPLA has vowed to strike every Monday and Friday until July 20 — a total of 30 days — in its battle against the [...]
Iberia’s pilots are planning a further day of industrial action on Friday 13 and Monday 16 April, which may disrupt services operated by Iberia Airlines. All British Airways flights to and from Spain are expected to operate as normal as are flights operated by Air Nostrum and code-shares operated by other partner airlines.
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