The new Cirium Fleet Forecast reveals demand for approximately 44,500 new aircraft globally over the next two decades, worth US$2.9 trillion. The forecast published by Ascend by Cirium, the consultancy arm of aviation analytics firm Cirium, is an independent forecast of the global passenger and f...

Today, SWAPA President Captain Casey Murray issued a call for a Strike Authorization Vote from the Association's membership. This historic action on the part of the pilot union comes in the wake of Southwest's largest meltdown and the utter lack of meaningful progress on a contract negotiation,...

Airline drops outsourcing plans as Unite wins cost of living pay boost Airport operations workers employed by United Airlines at London Heathrow have secured a new pay deal which includes an improved pay offer and a commitment from the company to abandon outsourcing plans. The workers had ...

By James Sillars, sky.com Hundreds of workers at Heathrow will walk out in the run-up to the World Cup finals this month over demands for better pay. Unite said 700 staff, who are involved in ground-handling, airside transport and cargo and are employed by Dnata and Menzies at Heathrow, will s...

Heathrow Airport is facing severe disruption and delays beginning next month, November, as workers employed by Dnata and Menzies are balloted over pay. Ballot for strikes Over 700 workers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, are involved in the dispute, which has been prompted by o...

The strike announced by the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) for Friday 2 September in the period from 00:01 to 23:59 hrs. (Central European Summer Time; GMT +2 hrs) will have a massive impact on flight operations - in the middle of the main return travel period at the end of the school holid...

Atlas Air says it is "committed" to providing a new competitive contract with enhanced pay and benefits "as soon as possible" after pilots went on strike yesterday over working conditions. The pilots flying for major logistics companies such as Amazon Air and DHL through contracted carriers Atla...

Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide - subsidiaries of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings - today said striking pilots have been ordered to stop the "illegal shutdown". The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has affirmed a federal district court ruling that ordered the International B...