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British Airways (BA/BAW) is to reward staff with a 13% pay increase following negotiations with the Unite Union which represents a large proportion of British Airways staff, particularly ground staff. The deal will also see staff get a £1000 one-off goodwill payment and ends the threat of strikes over the [read more]

Industrial action at some Scottish airports has forced leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) to temporarily suspend flights to affected airports. Unions representing staff at Highland and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) have called on its members to work to rule in a dispute with the employer. A spokesperson for Loganair said: [read more]

British Airways Cargo staff are set to begin a 9 day long strike on Christmas Day after the Union failed to agree a deal with the airline. The strike by members of the Unite Union is a result of a dispute over pay cuts which unite says will see members [read more]

Communications from British Airways Cabin Crew Unions which are part of Unite show a deepening rift after one branch attempted to save its own members jobs at the expense of others. BASSA, which represents Eurofleet and Worldwide Cabin Crew on older legacy contracts have now reached an agreement in principle [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) had planned to operate around 54% of its normal network between October and December this year but it has revealed that a “levelling-off” in bookings could see that fall to just 40%. Like all airlines British Airways has been badly hit by the Coronavirus pandemic and is [read more]

According to sources close to the airline, Friday is when British Airways Cabin Crew will find out whether they are being retained on new contracts prompting an upsurge in those taking voluntary redundancy. British Airways plans to “fire and rehire” all of its staff, except Pilots which have already agreed [read more]

Unite, the union representing British Airways Cabin Crew, Ground Staff and Engineers has told its members that it believes it is British Airways’s intention to move ahead with its original “fire and rehire” plan. As a result, the Union has told its members that “The intention is to defend out [read more]

Ryanair has agreed a 4-year deal with the union, Unite, which represents Ryanair’s UK cabin crew. The deal sees cabin crew take a interim pay cut of between 5-10% which will then restored over 4 years as the airline recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The deal comes just a week [read more]