A Westjet Flight 428 from Edmonton to Toronto had to make an emergency landing in Thunder Bay on Tuesday morning due to possible smoke in the cabin. TBnewswatch.com says initial reports to Thunder Bay Fire Rescue indicated there was smoke in the cockpit area of the jet, however, that turned out to not be the […]
Thousands of air passengers suffered disruption today after 80 flights were cancelled at Heathrow as the tail-end of a hurricane battered Britain. British Airways grounded 20 departures as a precaution with destinations in the UK and Europe affected. A German pilots’ strike caused a further 30 cancellations, bring the total of flights grounded at Heathrow […]
Trenitalia Friday, October 24, 2014 Some Trenitalia personnel will be on strike for 8 hours, from 09:01 to 16:59. Please check with your ticket office whether this will affect your journey. Alitalia Friday, November 14, 2014 Some Alitalia personnel will be on strike for 4 hours, from 12:00 to 16:00. Please check with your ticket […]
Romanian state owned airline Tarom cancelled four flights last weekend, after flight attendants said they were unfit to fly. These protests followed similar flight attendants and pilots’ such protests in September this year. “Tarom is facing a lack of suitable flight crew”, read a statement posted yesterday, October 19, on the company’s website. Passengers of […]
Strike by pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit for flights from 13.00 on October 20th until 23.59 on October 21st FROM THE LH WEBSITE: The pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit has announced a strike for all Lufthansa flights operated by the aircraft types A320, Boeing 737, and Embraer departing between 13.00 CEST on October 20th to 23.59 CEST […]
Drivers’ union GDL announced on Tuesday a 14-hour strike lasting from Wednesday 2pm to Thursday 4am. It is the second nationwide train strike in a week, following last Wednesday’s walkout in an ongoing dispute between the union and rail operator Deutsche Bahn over pay and working hours. Last Wednesday, a nine-hour strike overnight caused severe […]