Ryanair profits hit by strikes and higher fuel costs
Strikes by air traffic controllers and Ryanair pilots and cabin crew have contributed to a slide in half-year profits over the summer. The airline reported a 7% fall in profits to €1.2bn (£1.06bn) for the six months to 30 September. Profits were also hit by higher fuel costs and what Michael O’Leary called «the worst […]
Ryanair cabin crew are pushing ahead with ‘the biggest strike in the company’s history’
RYANAIR CABIN CREW members from five European countries will go on strike on 28 September, threatening hundreds of flights, a Belgian union said. Staff from Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal will stage a stoppage on the Irish no-frills airline, the CNE union said, after several European labour unions met in Brussels. “Unfortunately, discussions […]
Ryanair’s German pilots back strike action
Ryanair warns flight crew of potential job losses Ryanair’s German pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, have voted to strike if the Irish LCC has not submitted a “negotiable offer” by Aug. 6. According to VC, 96% of German-based pilots voted in favor of the strike over pay and conditions. Strikes are announced […]
Air France suspends negotiations pending new management structure
Air France has urged unions to call off planned strikes as it promised measures to improve the daily lives of its staff, but warned no new pay negotiations would take place while it is still run by an interim management team. Air France-KLM is in the thick of a labor conflict over pay that so […]
Brazil returns to uneasy calm as protests wind down
Brazil showed signs of returning to normal on Thursday as an oil workers union ended a strike ahead of schedule and an 11-day trucker protest wound down, a welcome breather for a government suffering from rock-bottom approval levels. Oil workers union FUP unexpectedly recommended on Thursday that members suspend a 72-hour strike they began on […]
Pilots strike grounds 75 per cent of Brussels Airlines flights
Brussels: Brussels Airlines pilots began a two-day strike Monday, leading to the cancellation of 75 per cent of flights and affecting 60,000 travellers, the company said. The strike will affect three-quarters of the 278 scheduled arriving and departing flights on Monday and 279 flights on Wednesday, the Lufthansa group subsidiary said. The Belgium-based company, which […]
Air Traffic Control Strike in Italy to See 721 Flights Canceled
An eight-hour strike by air traffic controllers and ground crew affecting Rome"™s airports on Tuesday would see 721 flights canceled throughout Italy, according to the country"™s civil aviation authority ENAC. The strike would affect regional airports in Lazio, Emilia Romagna, Calabria, Marche, Umbria, Abruzzo, Apulia and Basilicata from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ENAC said […]
AIR FRANCE – KLM : FIRST QUARTER 2018 RESULTS
FIRST QUARTER 2018 Strong ongoing demand in the first quarter 2018: Number of passengers carried up 5.2% at 22 million. Traffic up 5.7%, leading to a load factor improvement by 1.7 pt. Group unit revenue +1.2% at constant currency compared to last year. However, Air France strikes have weighed on the economic performance of the […]
LATAM union continues strike despite reaching initial deal with Chilean airlines
Chile-based LATAM Airlines and a union of flight attendants for subsidiary LAN Express reached an initial labor agreement early on Tuesday, the union and the airline said, even as the union cautioned that a week-long strike would continue until it had voted on the deal. Claudia Sender, the Vice President of Clients at LATAM, the […]
Air France Expects to Operate 70% of Flights during Tuesday"™s Strike
Air France said on Monday that it expects to operate 70 percent of its flights on Tuesday, the first day of a 48-hour strike involving pilots, cabin crew and ground staff in France over a wage dispute. The airline, part of Air France-KLM, said it plans to operate 55 percent of its long-haul flights, 65 […]
