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Strike at Ben Gurion Airport from Thursday

Ben Gurion Airport workers will strike from 6am Thursday, the first day of Rosh Hashana, to protest that their pension arrangements agreement has not yet been signed.

The workers committee has already threatened disruptions in the past and declared labor disputes. But today with the support of the Histadrut, (General Federation of Labor), the workers committee announced that it is using its ultimate weapon at a time when the number of Israelis leaving the country is at a peak.

Russian pilots prepare a new year strike?

Pilots of Aeroflot, one of the biggest Russian air companies can withdraw labour just before the New Year holidays. As a result hundreds thousands tourists can lose their holidays. The problem is that pilots think that they work too much. They are going to stop flights when their year limit of flights finishes.

Airlines cancel flights due to Kolkata bandh tomorrow

Airlines have cancelled their flights to and from Kolkata on Tuesday in the wake of 24-hour long bandh call given by central trade unions to protest against price rise. Kingfisher has cancelled 29 flights, including one international, while Jet Airways and its low cost arm JetLite have cancelled a total of 70 flights to and from the city.

Central trade unions and workers and employees federations have called the strike on September 7 protesting the rise in prices of essential commodities and petroleum products.

Both the airlines have cancelled their flights to and from Mumbai, New Delhi, Silchar, Bagdogra, Aizwal, Ranchi, Agartala, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Patna, Chennai, Imphal, Vishakhapatnam, Bangalore and Port Blair.

Visit www.jetairways.com and www.jetlite.com for more details or contact the airlines' call center at 39893333.

French public services strike

French public services strike from 1700 utc 06-Sep 2010 until 0500 utc 08-Sep 2010. Due to this strike disturbances might affect French Airspace and Airports.

Warsaw airport runway shut down for repairs

Dozens of flights are being cancelled or transferred to other Polish airports due to the renovation work on the runway at the Frederic Chopin Airport in Warsaw.

A major reconstruction of the runway intersection at the biggest airport in Poland will be carried out on 3 to 6, 10 to 12 and 17 to 19 September.

Some flights scheduled for the first three weekends of September will be cancelled and some of the air traffic will be directed to other Polish airports, mainly the central city of Lodz and the southern city of Katowice.

Additional flights to New York, Chicago and Toronto will be taking off from the northern city of Gdansk and the southern cities of Krakow, Katowice and Rzeszow. PKP Polish Railways will also run an increased Warszawa-Lodz service in September.

Security Scare Clears Miami Airport

A passenger has been taken into custody after security screeners detected something suspicious in a checked bag at Miami International Airport, U.S. federal officials said Friday.

A statement by the Transportation Security Administration said its investigators, a Miami-Dade police bomb squad and other law-enforcement agencies were on the scene.

Four of the six Miami airport terminals had been evacuated and airport roadways also were closed as a safety precaution, the statement said, without providing further details about the item which was found about 9 p.m. local time Thursday.

Authorities said the evacuation continued early Friday and urged anyone with departures from Miami to check with their carrier.

UPDATE: Miami airport reopens

Kenya Airways workers in strike threat

A showdown is looming between the Aviation and Allied Workers Union and Kenya Airways as the workers plan on downing their tools next Tuesday.

The workers are protesting against alleged non-implementation of the 2009 August return to work formula that ended a 3 day strike.

Then, 3500 unionizable workers of the national carrier Kenya Airways went to strike demanding a pay hike and following days of consultation and government intervention the workers went back to work after being promised a 20% hike in salaries among other benefits.

However according to the union not all the agreements have been observed by the Kenya Airways management.

And now the Kenya Aviation and Allied Workers Union says it will join in next week's strike called by the Kenya airways staff.

British Airways: new strike threat as airline 'rejects union offer'

British Airways passengers could be hit by a new wave of strikes after unions threatened to ballot cabin crew on further industrial action.

The Unite union claims that BA managers have rejected a compromise offer aimed at ending a stand-off over the decision to strip travel perks from staff who took part in walkouts earlier this year.

ITALY – September 2010 Strikes

Transport is one of Italy's most strike-prone sectors, at the same time as being covered by legislation (law 146, 1990) regulating strikes in essential public services. A strike must be announced and because of the "announcement effect", a strike call can cause considerable disruption, even though the strike itself is cancelled.

06.09.2010 12.00-16.00 ENAV (Air Traffic Control) Rome

06.09.2010 Save Security – Venice 

09.09.2010 12.00-16.00 ENAV (Air Traffic Control) National

18.09.2010 10.00-14.00 Save Security – Venice 

20.09.2010 Aviapartner (Handling) Torino

30.09.2010 12.00-14.00 Alitalia cabin crew

Hurricane Earl forces closure of airports in the Caribbean.

There will be no detailed messages about hurricane related air travel problems,  You can find it elsewhere on this website.

Aer Arran in bankruptcy protection

The Irish regional airline, Aer Arran, has entered a bankruptcy protection process after suffering losses of 18m euros since 2008.

The High Court in Dublin has appointed an interim examiner to the airline

That is a process of Irish company law which protects a firm from its creditors while it comes up with a restructuring plan.

The company, which employs 320 people, said the move would not affect day-to-day business

Aer Arann added that there would be no impact on customer travel or bookings.

See Aer Arran website announcement

Mechanics at American Airlines reject latest contract offer

Mechanics at American Airlines rejected a proposed labor contract late Tuesday, setting the stage for a potential strike at the country's second-largest airline.

The Transport Workers Union said that of 9,445 voting members, 6,074 voted against the contract, which promised higher wages, but reduced retiree medical benefits.

Earlier this summer, the union had asked the National Mediation Board to release it from further mediation with the airline, which would have triggered a 30-day cooling-off period and paved the way for a possible strike.

China's Henan suspends operations after crash

China's Henan Airlines has suspended its flight operations temporarily, after last night's deadly air crash involving an Embraer 190 operated by the airline.

The carrier cancelled all its flights today and is likely to cancel flights tomorrow as well, says an airline official.

Aer Lingus cabin crew call off industrial action

Aer Lingus cabin crew have called off a planned work-to-rule to consider a proposal from the Labour Relations Commission on changes to work practices.

Staff were due to take action today in protest at the introduction of new rosters with longer working hours and fewer breaks.

Trade union IMPACT has suspended the industrial action to consider a recommendation issued last night by the Labour Relations Commission.

Ben-Gurion Airport workers gear up for strike at peak season

Will workers at Ben-Gurion International Airport go on strike at the height of the holiday travel season?

Leaders of the Israel Airports Authority's union will be holding meetings with airport staff starting tomorrow, and the result could be labor sanctions and immediate disruptions to airport operations.

Management will do everything it can to avoid disruption to the service provided to travelers.

Virgin Atlantic: Talks With Pilots' Union End

Virgin Atlantic late Tuesday temporarily averted an industrial action it could have faced for the first time in its 26-year existence, after taking time to carefully explain to its pilots' union why the airline needed to make certain decisions to the work time-off structure.

Plane with 96 aboard crashes in China

A plane carrying 96 passengers crashed in northeast China Tuesday night, government and airline company officials told state-run media.

Forty-three people killed, 53 rescued.

The Henan Airlines flight crashed about 10 p.m. Tuesday in Yichun City, officials told the Xinhua News Agency.

Greek Air-traffic controllers warn of possible action over ‘old’ system

The general secretary of the air-traffic controllers union, Yiannis Kormoulakis, yesterday warned of strike action after a breakdown in the communication system linking the country’s airports on Sunday grounded scheduled takeoffs for three hours.

Kormoulakis said the system remained out of date despite several appeals over the years by his union for an overhaul.

Pilots vote Jetstar chief should resign

Jetstar boss Bruce Buchanan should stand down over plans to outsource pilot jobs to Singapore, pilots say.

Almost 400 pilots voted unanimously that they had no confidence in Mr Buchanan at an extraordinary meeting in Sydney.

The meeting, which was organised by the Australian and International Pilots Association, was attended by pilots from both Qantas Airways brands, Jetstar and Qantas.

Pilots from Virgin, Tiger and Emirates also attended the meeting.

There were no plans for industrial action despite reports that some pilots had called for a strike on Tuesday

Losses Ground Saudi Low-Cost Carrier Sama

Low-cost Saudi carrier Sama is suspending operations after the private firm failed to obtain financing from investors or government support as losses accumulated, the airline said on Sunday.

Sama said in a statement the stoppage due to begin on Tuesday would be temporary but did not say when it would resume operations.

Click here to see the Sama website

Virgin faces pilots’ walkout

Air passengers face fresh travel misery after Virgin Atlantic pilots last night threatened to strike.

Sources at the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) claim Virgin, owned by billionaire Sir Richard Branson, is heading for a showdown with its members by trying to reduce their annual entitlement of 120 days off by 14 days.

BALPA general secretary Jim McAuslan said: ‘We have been making all the overtures possible to negotiate a way through and it has not been reciprocated.’

The time off is on top of annual holiday because the hours pilots are allowed to work is strictly controlled under aviation rules.

Disruption by Virgin pilots could coincide with a possible new wave of strikes by British Airways cabin crew in the autumn over pay and working conditions.

Dragon Air strike looms

Dragonair is bracing for its first strike in more than two decades.

It comes after a major labor union representing cabin crew voted to take industrial action this month in a dispute over long working hours.

The Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants Association backed the plan with a near-unanimous vote at a meeting yesterday.

Larnaca Airport staff threaten strike over exposure to metal detectors

LARNACA airport staff from several departments yesterday threatened to strike because their constant exposure to security detectors was a health hazard, they said.

They said the last straw came when they were told a couple of months ago that their food would also have to go through the same procedure.

Air traffic controllers, meteorological service personnel, telecommunications technicians and others claim their daily exposure to the magnetic waves emitted by the portals are dangerous.

The workers said they would rather be frisked than go through the metal detectors.

UPDATE Sept 1.

LARNACA airport workers unions yesterday decided to give the government more time to resolve an ongoing disagreement over their refusal to go through metal detectors when going to work every day.

The unions met yesterday – the date set to discuss possible measures not ruling out a strike -- and decided to give the communications minister more time to resolve the issue.

Singapore's Tiger Airways Axes Flights Due To Pilot Shortage

Singapore's Budget carrier Tiger Airways has axed flights in recent weeks due to a pilot shortage.

It cancelled at least ten flights in the four days up to Wednesday.

Tiger has lost more than 20 of its pilots in a wave of resignations since June.

PAL talks collapse; flight crew, ground staff to strike

PHILIPPINE Airlines’ cabin crew said they would strike in two weeks after talks with the management collapsed Tuesday.

“We withdrew from the negotiations because, in the past 10 months, nothing was happening,” said Andy Ortega, vice president of the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines.

“We will go on strike to get what we deserve.”

Air Transat pilots vote in favour of strike

Air Transat pilots have voted 97 per cent in favour of a strike if a collective agreement is not reached with management.

The pilots will be in a legal strike position at midnight on Oct. 1, the Air Line Pilots Association said Tuesday.

"This vote serves as notice to the company that our pilots are united and stand firm behind our goal of achieving a fair and equitable contract," said Capt. Sylvain Aubin, chairman of the Air Transat Master Executive Council.

Air Berlin pilots threaten to strike as summer holidays wrap up

Air Berlin pilots will strike during the high-traffic holiday month of August if the airline does not meet their demands in an ongoing dispute over wages and benefits, pilots’ union Cockpit said on Monday. Union members at the airline and its subsidiary LTU gave Cockpit the power to declare a strike as early as this week following months of inconclusive haggling over contracts, Cockpit said.

If there are no further improvements within the coming days, “labour dispute means will be unavoidable in August,” they added.

Jamaican air traffic controllers restive

The labour ministry has called a meeting for this afternoon in an attempt to avert a strike by air traffic controllers.

On Wednesday, air traffic controllers served the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), with a 72-hour strike notice which takes effect tomorrow.

BA 'ready for strikes' as talks resume

British Airways and union officials representing cabin crew will reconvene for talks this week in a bid to end the threat of strikes resuming next month, but with the airline saying it is “preparing for industrial action”.

Failure to reach a deal could see the Unite union ballot for fresh strikes in September. Sources within Unite have suggested the threat of strikes might extend to Christmas. However, the union has also launched a court case to win the restoration of travel concessions withdrawn from strikers.