Alitalia pilots and flight crew set strike for July 20 Italy’s pilots and flight attendants belonging to three labour unions have called for a strike on July 20 to protest against their exclusion from talks on the Etihad-Alitalia deal. The Abu Dhabi carrier has been in discussions to acquire a 49 per cent stake in […]
Employees at the low-cost carrier Norwegian who are preparing to go on strike in Denmark and Norway have received statements of support from colleagues across Europe, via the powerful European Transport Workers Federation (ETF) and its 2.5 million members. This means that a strike would have consequences not only for passengers in Denmark and Norway, whose […]
HELENA, MONT.–A Sunwing Airlines flight enroute to Mexico from Edmonton made an emergency landing in Montana on Sunday morning after hitting severe turbulence that injured a flight attendant. Delayed for 5 hours Flight 559 was early on in the flight when it encountered what was described as about 45 seconds of moderate turbulence followed by […]
CNN) — Two cabin crew and six passengers were hospitalized after a Cathay Pacific flight hit severe turbulence as it passed over Japan yesterday. The aircraft, a 747-400 flying as flight CX879 from San Francisco to Hong Kong, flew into turbulence early Tuesday, six hours before it was due to land at Hong Kong International […]
GENEVA — It seemed like a routine overnight flight until the Ethiopian Airlines jetliner went into a dive and oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling. Only then did the terrified passengers — bound for Italy from Addis Ababa — realize something was terribly wrong. The co-pilot had locked his captain from the cockpit, commandeered the […]
Paris – Charles de Gaulle Airport – Lufthansa employees serve a new strike notice from January 3 commencing at 4:30 am and lasting until January 6 at 4:30 am. The strike will affect Lufthansa flights at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Recommended to reconfirm flights if travelling with Lufthansa Airlines Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-lufthansa-strikes-20140102,0,7805800.story