British Airways started a 3 day strike to protest against the planned changes to pay and other conditionals that made thousands of passengers suffer. BA and the Unite Union had a fierce disagreement regarding this strike’s effect, but 12,000 cabin crew of the airlines finally staged the final day of industrial action. The BA staff has made it clear that unless a reasonable solution is found to justify the employees’ pay they will go for strike again on March 27.
American Airlines has joined the fight against Tarmac rule
New York- American Airlines have joined the group of carriers who are protesting government’s new strategy according to which passengers cannot be held on the tarmac for an unlimited time. It has also filed a complaint to the Department of Transportation which states that it will cost the company millions in fine due to the delays caused by the closure of JFK main runway. Along with American Airlines, JetBlue and Delta have also filed for exemptions.
Ryanair forgets 63 schoolboys
63 students from the St. Jacques de Compostela school in Dax (Landes) will never forget their school trip to London and especially their return!
Turkish Airlines to introduce Next-Generation Boeing Airplanes
Turkish Airlines have recently placed an order for 20 Next-Generation 737 airplanes with 10 737-800s and 10 737-900ER airplanes. The order placed at Boeing is evaluated as $1.6 billion. Currently Turkish Airlines have 66 Boeing airplanes which include 58 next-generation 737s.
Updated – Air France files complaint against Ryanair
According to an article published today in the French newspaper Le Figaro, Air France is file a complaint against Ryanair at the European Commission for receiving hundreds of millions of euros in illegal subsidies.
JAL – World’s most on-time airline
Japanese are famous for their fast trains that are precisely on-time and, as of recently, their airline services. According to records from FlightStats, Japan’s JAL and ANA were named the world’s most on-time airline companies.
Ryanair asks 2,3 million euro to come back to Ostende
Last week, some Belgium sources started to evoke the fact that Ryanair could come back to Ostende. Yesterday, it was a more important Belgium newspaper’s turn to bring up the topic again.