British Airways employees are once again being balloted for strike action. In a recent development, BA’s new chief executive, Keith Williams sent a recent letter to cabin crew members stating that he ...
Aer Lingus is considering cutting back on flights in 2011 to cope with rising fuel costs, which it says could wipe out the recovery it made last year. The Irish airline has also hedged over 60% of its...
Virgin Atlantic’s chief executive Steve Ridgeway has stated that airlines need to better sell their services to governments and the traveling public to offset the bad press the industry received last ...
Manx2 is cancelling its service between Belfast and Cork in two weeks following the tragic crash of one of its jet that killed six people on February 10. Although a preliminary report from air acciden...
Tim Jeans, former commercial director of Ryanair director has declared that the era of low cost travel is over. Fuel costs and increased Air Passenger Duty and the Emissions Trading Scheme, have all b...
Despite a 10% drop in passenger numbers due to disruptions caused by snow and ash clouds, Aer Lingus has posted a return to profit in 2010. However, the airline warned that higher fuel prices meant th...
An Air France Airbus A319-100 aircraft flying from Athens to Paris Charles de Gaulle hit a bird when taking off from Athens. The aircraft, AF-2333, levelled off at 8000 feet and returned to Athens for...
Ryanair has expressed its concern with a €32.5 million provision announced by Aer Lingus that covers various costs, including PAYE, interest and penalties, arising from the redundancies of 715 staff n...
IAG, which during the quarter to 31st December 2010 existed as Iberia and British Airways, has reported an Operating profit for the quarter of €6 million, a great improvement on the €114 million opera...
Aer Lingus has set aside €32.5 million to settle a tax bill for redundancy payments to more than 700 staff who were later rehired. The airline does not plan to force its employees to pay the taxes ...
British Airways plans to suspend flights to Sharm el Sheikh from May 2. “Based on current market conditions and current levels of expected demand for the summer, a Boeing 777 with 280 seats is not t...
The International Transport Workers’ Federation, an umbrella of trades unions, is planning to forge closer links with unions across the oneworld airline alliance in order to strengthen worker resis...
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