STRIKE THREATENS TO GROUND AIR MALTA

Air Malta has filed a judicial protest against the Association of Airline Pilots (ALPA) who is spearheading the impending strike by Air Malta pilots. The airline has warned that if it is grounded because of the strike, it would incur enormous costs and there would be a clear and imminent danger of it having to stop operations. ALPA will decide by tomorrow whether to go ahead with the strike on Saturday. Air Malta also argues that the industrial action is not legitimate since the association had not registered an industrial dispute and its claims – made in the media –