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Flybe under fire for cancelled flights

12 July 2007

Flybe has come under fire after it emerged it has cancelled more than 170 flights from Birmingham International Airport in the last three months.

The number of flights cancelled by the budget operator is more than triple the number of British Airways cancellations when it operated the same routes in 2006.

Flybe’s German routes – the carrier flies to Stuttgart, Hannover, Hamburg and Dusseldorf – have been particularly badly hit.


Spanish airline Spanair cancels 60 flights over strike

25 June 2007

The Spanish airline Spanair cancelled 60 flights to 14 destinations Monday because of a strike by a part of its cabin personnel, media reported.

Most of the cancellations hit inland routes. International flights were cancelled on routes from Madrid to Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Zurich and Vienna.

Source: M & C


Brussels Charleroi reopens as strike suspended

17 June 2007

Striking security staff at Brussels south Charleroi airport Saturday decided to suspend their action, allowing flights to resume after two days of cancellations, a trade union official said.

Inward and outbound flights, cancelled since early Friday, should be able to resume from 8:00 pm Saturday (1800 GMT), Jean-Francois Magotte, spokesman for Belgium’s main CSC union told AFP.

However an airport spokesman said that Ryanair, the main airline using the airport, had cancelled its flights from the airport until Monday.

source: France 24


Ryanair hit by hub airport strike

16 June 2007

All flights in and out of Ryanair’s Belgian hub at Charleroi airport were grounded on Friday after security staff walked out in a wildcat strike.

A row over the privatisation of public sector security personnel caused the disruption, which began at dawn and spread to Liege airport in the east.

An estimated 8,000 passengers have been affected by the action so far.

source: BBC


Flight attendants at Italy’s Alitalia stage 4-hour strike

4 June 2007

Alitalia flight attendants were staging a four-hour strike Monday, the latest in a series of protests buffeting the struggling Italian carrier.

Alitalia officials said it was too early to know how many flights would be affected by the protest, scheduled to last until 4 p.m. (1400GMT). Delays and cancellations were expected, the Rome airports authority warned on its Web site.

Thousands of travelers were left stranded last month when protests by flight attendants and air traffic controllers forced Alitalia to cancel nearly 400 flights. Flight attendant unions are trying to keep up the pressure on the carrier over contract negotiations.

source: International Herald Tribune


SAS Strike Continues

28 May 2007

With no end in the sight to the Scandinavian Airlines System cabin crew strike, the airline has decided to cancel flights to, from and within Sweden on Tuesday, making it the fifth day in a row.

Some 800 crew members walked off the job on Friday, after negotiators failed to reach an agreement over working conditions linked to the airline’s offer of a 10.2 per cent pay rise over 3 years.

source: SR International


Strike grounds Swedish airline

25 May 2007

Cabin staff at Scandinavian airlines SAS’s unit in Sweden began a strike Friday, grounding hundreds of European and domestic flights after talks between unions and management broke down.

Scandinavian Airlines Sweden, part of SAS AB, cancelled 300 flights, affecting 20,000 passengers, and said it would cancel up to 150 on Saturday.

source: The Star


Strikes hit Alitalia as Italy looks for exit

22 May 2007

Twin strikes stranded thousands of Alitalia passengers on Tuesday as the Italian government said it was willing to quit the state-controlled airline entirely by selling its whole 49.9 percent stake.

The strikes by air traffic controllers and Alitalia cabin crew caused travel chaos which also affected other airlines, threatening to frustrate fans of soccer club AC Milan planning to travel to Wednesday’s Champions League final in Athens.

source: Reuters


US Airways cuts service

18 May 2007

US Airways will stop direct flights to Baltimore and four other cities it serves from Pittsburgh International Airport and also plans to reduce service to 10 other cities.

The airline also says that service to San Diego and Seattle will not return on a seasonal basis as it has in the past.

Starting in July, the airline will eliminate nonstop service between Pittsburgh and Altoona, Baltimore, San Diego, Seattle and Buffalo, New York.

source: wusa9.com


Alitalia flight attendants stage strike

3 May 2007

Alitalia’s flight attendants walked off their jobs Thursday, forcing the Italian airline to cancel more than 350 flights.

The 24-hour strike would affect 30,000 passengers, Alitalia said when it announced last week that it would cancel 202 domestic and 154 international flights.

source: Herald Tribune