Ryanair’s Irish pilots to strike next week as talks break down August 14, 2019 Ryanair’s directly employed pilots in Ireland will strike for 48 hours next week, after talks failed to produce an agreement over the union’s pay proposals. The Irish Airlines Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) set today as an ultimatum for Ryanair executives to table a counter-proposal that addressed its concerns. “No such counter-proposal was made at the mediation [...]
Ryanair’s Irish pilots overwhelmingly back strike action August 9, 2019 Ryanair pilots in Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action unless the budget airline agrees to trade union pay proposals by Monday. 94 per cent of members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) who are directly employed by Ryanair voted in support of industrial action Members of the trade union had previously [...]
UK travel company On The Beach share price slumps after profit warning August 9, 2019 Shares in UK travel company On The Beach have tumbled by over 16 per cent this morning after it warned its profits this year will be lower than expected. It said the tumbling pound and Brexit uncertainty are hurting its business model. Read more: Thomas Cook: How did it end up like this? As a [...]
Travellers brace for chaos as Ryanair pilots vote to strike August 7, 2019 Airline woes are set to be compounded later this month as Ryanair pilots become the latest to go out on strike over pensions and a host of other issues. Pilots’ union Balpa said this evening it was taking its pilots out on strike on 22 August and 2-3 September. Read more: Heathrow and Unite locked [...]
Boeing crisis: 737 Max grounding cuts global airline seats by 40m August 7, 2019 The grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max means at least 40m fewer aircraft seats will be available this summer. Aviation regulators across the globe grounded the jet in March after two crashes triggered by a faulty anti-stall system killed 346 people. Read more: Boeing takes $4.9bn hit on 737 Max groundings to compensate airlines Boeing hopes [...]
Ryanair passenger numbers climb to 14.8m in July August 6, 2019 Ryanair’s passenger numbers grew to 14.8m In July, a nine per cent increase on the same period the year before. Ryanair carried 14.2m passengers, while Lauda, the low-cost Austrian airline acquired by Ryanair, carried 600,000. Read more: Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary warns of job losses over Brexit and Boeing woes Ryanair operated over 81,000 scheduled flights [...]
Easyjet caught up in Twitter storm over backless seats claims August 6, 2019 Easyjet has come under fire this morning over a picture that emerged on social media of a backless seat on one of its planes. The airline has denied claims that it has allowed passengers to use the backless seats following an image of a woman sitting on a chair without any back. Read more: Eurostar [...]
BBA Aviation profits down amid aerospace industry struggles August 5, 2019 Aerospace services firm BBA Aviation shares fell this morning as it announced a slight deterioration in first half profits. The firm, which provides the global aviation industry with fuelling, ground handling and passenger services, said a cooling sector was partly to blame for the results. Read more: Cobham founding family says takeover ‘against national interest’ [...]
UK summer strikes: Your guide to the airline strikes that could wreck your holidays August 5, 2019 You’re all set to go on your summer holiday. You’ve booked your hotel, filled every minute of the family itinerary with sight-seeing adventures, and you’ve sorted your flights. Then you get the dreaded news – your airline, or airport, is going to be hit by UK summer strikes. And what’s more, they’re right on the [...]
Aerospace engineer Senior’s profits shrink after Boeing 737 Max grounding August 5, 2019 British engineer Senior has become the latest aerospace supplier to highlight the impact of Boeing grounding its flagship 737 Max jet, reporting a first half profit drop of more than one-sixth this morning. The FTSE 250 aerospace firm said although it had mitigated some of the damage through stronger sales in other parts of its [...]