Now Gatwick Airport workers are being balloted for strike action over “poverty pay” February 21, 2017 Gatwick workers who help passengers with reduced mobility will vote for strike action in a dispute over pay, Unite said today. The ballot, of 200 members, opens on Thursday 23 February and closes on Thursday 9 March. The union has warned that "significant strike action" will go ahead if members back industrial action in the ballot. Unite said [...]
Manchester Airport unveils how its £1bn extension will look as boss calls for more investment in the North February 21, 2017 Manchester Airport boss Ken O'Toole has called on the government to inject more investment into the North as the airport unveiled a new glimpse at what its £1bn expansion will deliver. The airport has released a range of new images showing what it will look like following its £1bn investment, which it announced back in 2015. [...]
Long Weekend: Check into Marbella Club, a golf hotel in Malaga with an aristocratic pedigree February 20, 2017 The weekend: Marbs, as certain raffish reality TV characters call it, occupies a prime location by the Med on southern Spain’s Sunshine Coast. Behind this famous tourist town rises the jagged Sierra Blanca mountain range. You can shop, swim, hike, or mountain-bike, but most visitors are here to play a round with their balls. Thanks [...]
The number of days lost to industrial action soared by 89 per cent to 322,000 last year February 15, 2017 There were 322,000 working days lost to strike action in 2016, an increase of 89 per cent on the year before. According to official figures for the year ending December 2016 there were 322,000 days lost from 99 stoppages and 154,000 people took strike action. That compares to 170,000 days lost due to labour disputes in [...]
British Airways cabin crew announce four fresh days of strikes will go ahead from 22 February February 14, 2017 British Airways cabin crew will stage yet another batch of strikes in an ongoing pay dispute with the airline, Unite union announced today. Four strikes will be held from 22 February, after Unite warned more walkouts would occur should BA not settle the row over "poverty pay". There have been 11 days of strikes since the [...]
Russia’s Aeroflot trumps American heavyweights as the world’s most powerful airline brand February 14, 2017 Forget Emirates, American Airlines and British Airways. When it comes to the world's most powerful airline brand, another name has taken the crown. According to Brand Finance, which recently announced its annual Global 500 list featuring Lego, Google and co., Russian carrier Aeroflot is the world's most powerful airline brand. It carries an AAA brand rating [...]
Snow in the City causes flight delays at London’s airports February 11, 2017 For once, it appears the Met Office's warnings of snow in the City were true. Snow showers broke out in London in the early afternoon – but now some flights leaving the UK are facing delays. Snow slow-mo on the River Thames #londonsnow pic.twitter.com/lCSUdmVAfc — Katie (@katbadgerallen) February 11, 2017 Heathrow said in a tweet it is experiencing some [...]
Sigh. There’s going to be another British Airways strike this month February 10, 2017 Another day, another life-disrupting transport strike: today the Unite union announced members working for the company will stage a four-day strike, from midnight on 17 February to midnight on 20 February. It's the latest in a series of walkouts by cabin crew over low wages. The announcement was generously timed to coincide with the penultimate day [...]
Trump: I’ve got a corporate tax reform coming. It’s the best corporate tax reform. It’s just phenomenal. February 9, 2017 Airline shares rose this afternoon after it emerged Donald Trump is planning a "phenomenal" tax announcement in the next couple of weeks. At a meeting with airline bosses this afternoon, Trump promised to ditch "burdensome regulations" and said a corporate tax announcement in the next couple of weeks will "lower the overall tax burden of [...]
Emirates is riding out turbulence in the airline sector and its brand is even jumping ahead of British Airways February 8, 2017 Ryanair's recent profit drop underlines how tough the airline sector is currently. It’s a good time to have a closer look at one airline whose consumer perception is standing up well in a highly competitive industry – Emirates. Our recent YouGov BrandIndex brand rankings point towards the success the high-end airline has enjoyed over the [...]