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The union representing ground staff at Berlin's two commercial airports announced yesterday that their members would strike today in a dispute over pay. According to trade union Verdi, the walkout by staff at Tegel and Schoenefeld airports began at 5am local time (4am GMT) and will last until around 11am. The airports were reported to be expecting severe disruption as a result of the industrial action which includes s...
Read MoreAirlines have been forced to cancel hundreds of flights to, from and over France today as the strike by French air traffic controllers entered its second day. Air traffic controllers from the UNSA union have walked out at Brest, Bordeaux and Aix-en-Provence airports as part of a four-day strike which began on Monday. Today the strike also involved controllers at Nice and Marseille airports. However, the industrial act...
Read MoreRail services in the north of England may be disrupted next Monday as Northern Rail workers are due to stage a 24-hour walkout. Trade union RMT has confirmed that a strike against Northern Rail, or Arriva Rail North, is set to go ahead despite talk of cancellations. The guard and driver members of the union will walk out for 24 hours on Monday 13 March. The industrial action is the result of a dispute over the intr...
Read MoreA four-day strike by French air traffic control began today Monday, 6 March, with around 4% of flights in France cancelled. The strike, called by the UNSA union, sees 300 flights cancelled, mostly in southern and western France. Air France will see 20% of its flights disrupted, although have confirmed that 100% of its long-haul flights would operate as normal, along with 99% of its medium-haul flights. EasyJet has had...
Read MoreBritish Airways have released a statement stating that some of their short-haul and domestic flights will be cancelled today. This is due to high winds across parts of the UK and northern Europe. As a result of the poor weather forecast, it has been agreed between Heathrow Airport, National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and airlines using the airport to slightly reduce the number of overall flights in the schedule. For ...
Read MoreThe FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center has reported significant flight delays at New York’s JFK airport. Due to adverse weather conditions and high winds, departure traffic destined to John F Kennedy International Airport is currently experiencing delays averaging four hours and 20 minutes. There is a chance that flights departing from JFK could also be affected due to the traffic management program delay...
Read MoreDisruption has been reported today as a transport strike got underway in Greece’s capital city, Athens. Transport workers in Athens are taking part in the second of three 24-hour strikes to object to legislation that will allow the transport organization to make commercial use of stations. Metro, electric railway (ISAP) and tram workers are taking part in the walkout and the strike industrial action has resulted in a ...
Read MoreNewcastle Airport has enjoyed a strong start to the year after welcoming almost 40,000 more passengers through the terminal in January compared to the year before. The year-on-year increase of 16.2 per cent has been driven by strong demand on non-EU routes to the likes of Dubai, Geneva and the Canaries. International traffic has grown by 26.8 per cent, while EU-scheduled traffic is up 30.6 per cent on the back of an i...
Read MoreEurocontrol has reported that they have received notification of planned industrial action in the Brest and Bordeaux area control centres. The ACC facilities are responsible for controlling aircraft en-route in a particular volume of airspace. The strike is due to take place from 06:00 Monday 6th March until the evening of Friday 10th March. Passengers planning to fly into or out of the areas affected by the strike...
Read MoreUnite union, which represents BA's mixed fleet, has confirmed that BA cabin crew will take part in a further seven-day walkout from 3rd to 9th March. This is the 26th planned strike in an ongoing dispute over pay. The members of BA staff involved work on both short and long haul flights. The industrial action will begin at 12:01am on Friday 3rd March and will end at 11:59pm on Thursday 9th March. British Airways ha...
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