Ryanair hit with first ever pilots strike
Ryanair failed to avert its first ever pilots strike on Friday as pilots in Germany held a four-hour walkout although airports and the Irish budget carrier...
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Striking Lufthansa pilots ground nearly 900 flights
The latest strike by Lufthansa pilots grounded almost 900 flights on Wednesday and German companies and other Lufthansa staff called for an end to the...
Lufthansa urges pilots union to return to pay talks
German airline Lufthansa said it had made a new offer to try to break the deadlock in a long-running pay dispute with its pilots who...
Limassol port pilots call off strike for a week, threaten more drastic action (Updated)
By Stelios Orphanides A representative for the Cyprus Ports Authority pilots said that they will suspend their strike action on Tuesday morning, and give Dubai...
Air France pilots start strike on 2nd day of Euro 2016
By Dominique Vidalon and Chine Labbé AIR France pilots went on a four-day strike over pay cuts on Saturday that could disrupt transport plans for...
Port workers to strike on Monday
Port pilots announced a 24-hour for Monday demanding the termination of a disciplinary probe against the chairman of the union of ports authority workers (SYALK)....
Pilots, oil workers strike as France seeks way out of crisis (Updated)
Air France pilots voted on Monday to go on strike and oil storage workers extended a job walkout, compounding the French government’s woes as it...
Emotional protests over CY closure
By Constantinos Psillides A PROTEST by some 200 Cyprus Airways (CY) employees outside the finance ministry on Monday was marred by violence, after Finance Minister...
Unions cling on to CY’s last breath
By Angelos Anastasiou AS Cyprus Airways’ prospects seem bleaker than ever, President Nicos Anastasiades needs to knock on every door in order to persuade the...
More than half think government botched CY sale – poll
By Angelos Anastasiou Nine in ten Cypriots consider Cyprus Airways a safe airline and the existence of a national carrier a necessity, a survey commissioned...
CY pilots ‘did not consent to pay cuts’, labour court rules
By Angelos Anastasiou The pay cuts imposed on Cyprus Airways (CY) pilots in 2005 under the carrier’s restructuring plan have been reversed by the labour...
Air France strike crisis deepens as both sides dig in
By Gregory Blachier A bitter Air France labour dispute deepened on Monday as management pledged to press ahead with its low-cost airline ambitions and pilots...
Lufthansa strike disrupts Larnaca flights to and from Germany
A total of eight flights, four departures and four arrivals to and from Larnaca airport, and Frankfurt and Munich have been disrupted due to a...
Pilots take legal steps against airline board
By Angelos Anastasiou EIGHT out of 11 Cyprus Airways board members have been served with a court summons as part of a lawsuit brought by...
‘Pilots hindering airline’s restructuring’
By Angelos Anastasiou CYPRUS Airways Pilots’ union PASYPI has “repeatedly hindered” the troubled carrier’s efforts to survive, four other CY unions have said, lambasting the...
Pilots to take legal steps over provident fund contributions
Cyprus Airways (CY) pilots said on Friday they would go to court to overturn the airline’s decision to reduce its contribution to the workers’ provident...