BERLIN — A union representing cabin crew for Lufthansa says its members will go on strike for one week in a contract dispute with the airline, Germany’s largest. German news agency dpa quoted the head of the cabin crew union Ufo, Nicoley Baublies, saying Monday that the strike would run from this Friday to Nov. […]
Dusseldorf – The discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb at Dusseldorf Airport led to the cancellation of seven flights on Monday, officials said. The ordnance, which was found overnight near the runway of Germany’s third largest airport, was safely detonated by bomb disposal experts. Two departures and five arrivals were cancelled during the […]
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Airlines (PAL) will announce its cancelled flights once authorities provide the final schedule of runway closures in connection with the arrival of heads of state for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Nov. 16 to 20. The cancellations are supposedly to enable the use of the runways of the Ninoy […]
Australian Border Force workers will walk off the job at all international airports simultaneously for 24 hours on 9 November, potentially stranding thousands of travellers across the country. The strike is a dramatic escalation of a long-running industrial dispute. In September ABF workers at airports stopped work for two hours at a time in rolling […]
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