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Strikes at Bournemouth Airport (BOH/EGHH) are back on after airport workers voted to reject the revised pay offer from the airport. Around 80 employees who work in areas such as baggage handling, check-in, flight dispatching and plane fuelling had been due to walk out earlier this month but Unite suspended [read more]
Aer Lingus, irelands flag carrier, is moving flights between Manchester to Ireland to Terminal 2 from Tuesday the 16th of September. The move brings all Aer Lingus operations from Manchester Airport under one roof and follows a transformation programme on the terminal carried out by the airport. Passengers should be [read more]
Unite has called off strikes at Bournemouth Airport (BOH/EGHH) that were due to start tomorrow after receiving a new pay offer from the airport. With over 100 workers due to walk out, the industrial action and as this included baggage handling, flight dispatching, check-in staff and the fire service it [read more]
UK-based global aviation services provider Menzies Aviation has completed its acquisition of G2 Secure Staff, effectively doubling its footprint in the US market. G2 Secure Staff, based in Texas, is a service partner for major airlines across the US, providing ground handling, cabin cleaning, customer assistance, and security solutions. The [read more]
Airports around the UK are braced for the August Bank Holiday weekend getaway, with Friday, the 22nd of August, expected to be the busiest day. According to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium, 12,474 flights are due to depart the UK over the course of the weekend, which is equal to [read more]
Managers at London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) will be breathing a sigh of relief after the Unite union called off planned strikes for later this month by baggage screeners was called off. The union called off the strikes after receiving a revised pay offer by ICTS, which employs the baggage screeners, [read more]
London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) is braced for a series of strikes by baggage screeners employed by ICTS over the late summer holiday period. The first strike is scheduled to start on August 22nd, running until August 26th, and then again over the bank holiday weekend from August 29th to September [read more]
Bournemouth Airport (BOH/EGHH) is facing a potential shutdown next month as members of the Unite union employed at the airport are balloted on strike action. Almost 80 members of staff are members of Unite, including refuellers, baggage handlers, security staff, and check-in staff, all of whom have rejected a pay [read more]
London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) has unveiled plans for the third runway expansion at the airport, which are being described as ‘shovel-ready’. The airport is now seeking backing from the UK Government, which has already indicated its support for the project. The core of the proposal is a new 3500 metre [read more]
Outbound flights from UK airports have been affected by a technical outage with the UK’s Air Traffic Control provider, NATS (National Air Traffic Services). Although NATS says the outage at Swanwick ATC Centre has now been rectified, there are still significant delays at airports around the UK as the airlines [read more]
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