Air France facing strike action today

Airfreight shipments due to fly long haul services on Air France today (March 22) should not be affected by the nation-wide French labour strike. The airline has issued a statement that: “in the context of a national call for a strike in France, on Thursday 22 March 2018, French Civil Aviation Authorities gave instructions to […]

Lufthansa and VC agree on arbitration as seek solution

Lufthansa and the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) have agreen on arbitration for the collective wage agreement and are aiming to reach a joint solution by the end of January. Yesterday, both agreed to approach a mediator for the collective wage agreement together and the negotiating parties agreed to finalise the arbitration by the end of January […]

Lufthansa makes offer to pilots as it looks to end strikes

Lufthansa has made the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots’ union (VC) a new offer to resolve the present industrial dispute – which has led to pilots striking and cancellation of numerous services. The VC union has called on its members to take strike action on six days in total in the latest wave of strikes, which began […]