Several employee unions in Finland have announced a political strike against the Finnish Government, taking place on February 1–2, 2024. The political strike will have a significant impact on Helsinki Airport’s operations and on Finnair’s flight operations, and consequently, Finnair expects...

Ryanair has issued a warning to British travellers as the airline grapples with flight cancellations prompted by a strike from air traffic control workers in France, commencing on Monday, November 20. A spokesperson for Claims.co.uk has outlined the potential risks for individuals booking package h...

Menzies Aviation confirms that despite three-days of industrial action at Heathrow Airport it delivered a seamless service for airline customers and their passengers. Unite’s claims of widespread travel disruption did not eventuate thanks to Menzies’ robust contingency plans and the support o...

(Photo source- Twitter)  Heathrow Airport is braced for major disruption beginning today as ground handlers employed by Menzies take strike action. The 350 workers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, will begin a 72 hour stoppage at 04:00 on Friday 18 November. The disput...

dnata UK’s ground handling & cargo operations arm is calling on Unite the Union to respond to requests for further talks to prevent potential industrial action from taking place in London Heathrow. The Union has ignored responses for further talks and is balloting its members for industrial...

By Michael Bruxo, portugalresident.com Portway advises confirming flights with airlines before heading to airport Employees of ground handling company Portway began a three-day strike this Friday at Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Madeira airports, called by the National Union of Civil Aviation W...

By Brett Gibbons, coventrytelegraph Holidaymakers face added travel disruption in Portugal as airport workers and ground handling staff threaten to strike. The potential three-day walkout is planned to start on August 19 in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The country's Civil Aviatio...

Passengers at Copenhagen Airport have experienced delays after baggage handlers working for SAS Ground Handling (SGH) went on strike for the second consecutive day. Despite the short length of the disruptions, Copenhagen Airport issued a warning to passengers that any airlines using SGH could ex...

Ground handlers working for AIR-France-KLM’s Dutch arm have called off plans to strike at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, after KLM signalled they would be ready to negotiate. Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV), the union representing the employees, announced on their website that talks w...

UK trade union Unite says strike action proposed for 23-24 August at Heathrow Airport has been suspended after a new pay offer has been made to workers. The union adds that the ballot on the revised pay offer made by Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) to over 4,000 security, airside operations and passe...

Liverpool John Lennon Airport is set to face August Bank Holiday (26 August) travel chaos with Swissport ground handling workers set to go on strike over pay and other issues. The GMB Union said it is undertaking industrial action ballots for around 200 members working on the Swissport easyJet c...

Employees of O’Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport have concluded a three-year battle for higher wages and benefits with their first-ever union contracts with airline contractors. Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) at the Chicago airports first ...

Trade union Unite has announced that over 90 firefighters and fire and rescue staff will join other workers at Heathrow Airport in strike action over a pay dispute. Fire and rescue workers backed the industrial action by 97.6 per cent in a vote with a 90.2 per cent turnout, and will now join 4,0...

Heathrow Airport has released a statement regarding the possibility of industrial action by airport staff over the summer holiday period. Unite the union announced strikes it said “could potentially shut down the airport” scheduled for July 26 and 27, and August 5, 6, 23 and 24, after worker...

Baggage handlers and other staff at American and Delta airlines contractor Eulen America have gone on strike in protest at what they say are abusive and hazardous working conditions. The airport workers are walking out of work today at Miami, Fort Lauderdale, JFK and Reagan airports in retaliati...