British Airways Strike Begins
By JANE WARDELL
LONDON – A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew affecting thousands of travelers began Saturday after last-ditch talks between the airline's management and union leaders collapsed.
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British Airways Strike
LONDON — The union representing British Airways’ cabin crews is gathering international support for a walkout due to begin this weekend, threatening to severely disrupt what remains of the airline
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American Airlines
DALLAS — The union representing mechanics and other ground workers at American Airlines is asking federal officials to let them take a big step closer toward a possible strike against the nation's s
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British Airways
By Steven Rothwell
British Airways Plc talks aimed at averting a strike by 12,000 flight attendants have been adjourned while the carrier considers a new savings plan, the Unite union said.
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Airline Industry
Consolidation in the U.S. airline industry is "inevitable," the president of the Air Line Pilots Association union said on Wednesday.
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Lufthansa Strike
By Kevin Voigt
A four-day strike by the pilots' union of Lufthansa threatens one of the world's largest airlines and may disrupt travel on more than two dozen partner airlines on Monday.
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American Airlines Possible Strike
By DAVID KOENIG
DALLAS — The union representing ground workers at American Airlines wants to take a big step toward a strike against the nation's second-largest airline.
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Airline Industry
By JOSHUA FREED
The union that represents mechanics at American Airlines plans to launch a publicity campaign on Wednesday aimed at steering travelers away from airplanes maintained overseas.
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Union Members Call On Hyatt To Rehire Housekeepers
By eTN Staff Writer
Thousands of workers in a dozen cities across North America will hold a coordinated series of public demonstrations this week to demand that Hyatt Hotels "Bring Back the Hyatt 100." Hyatt fired 100 ho
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American Airlines
FORT WORTH, Texas — Flight attendants at American Airlines say they will hold mock strikes around the country this month and could seek permission for real strikes early next year.
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American Eagle
By ERIC TORBENSON
American Eagle Airlines' management and its union counterpart agree the carrier is taking big steps to enhance a safety culture that they feel is already among the strongest in the regional industry.
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Air Line Pilots Association
By Andy Pasztor
The Federal Aviation Administration's decision to revoke the licenses of the pilots of the Northwest jetliner that lost radio contact with controllers last week threatens to disrupt voluntary safety r
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BA Wants To Charge For Seat Reservations
By eTN Staff Writer
British Airways (BA) announced that it will charge for seat reservations, a move that Unite, the UK's largest aviation union and the largest union representing workers at British Airways, says is caus
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Regional Airlines' Safety
WASHINGTON — The regional airline that operated a plane that crashed and killed 50 people in upstate New York has been pushing pilots to fly even if they say they are too sick or too tired, a union
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bmi's Future Concerns Union
LONDON - The U.K.'s largest labor union, Unite, has called on the chief executive of British Midlands Airways, or bmi and its German owner, Deutche Lufthansa AG to discuss the future of the company.
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Urges Delta Air Lines Union
By eTN Staff Writer
A rally was held today in New York City's Times Square by more than 500 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) to show support for Delta Air Lines workers'
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Frontier Airlines
DENVER — Frontier Airlines has approved a long-term agreement on wage and benefit concessions from maintenance workers represented by International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 691.
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Delta-Northwest Merger
By eTN Staff Writer
Yesterday, Robert Roach, Jr., general vice president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers made public a letter written to Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson asking fo
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Call For Election
By eTN Staff Writer
Flight attendants say the Delta-Northwest merger has created a single airline, in which currently Northwest Airlines flight attendants are unionized, while Delta Airlines flight attendants have no uni
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British Airways
LONDON — British Airways pilots have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay cut as part of a package of measures aimed at saving the struggling airline millions of pounds, a union said on Monday.
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