Labor

Air New Zealand continues mediation talks with its two engineers’ unions to avoid a pre-Christmas three-day strike. The unions earlier this week announced plans to strike Dec. 21, then later confirmed they have also scheduled strikes Dec. 22 and 23....More

Air New Zealand engineers have scheduled a strike Dec. 21 that threatens to disrupt travel plans of nearly 42,000 customers on one of the airline’s busiest travel days, although further negotiations are planned in an effort to resolve the contract dispute....More

British Airways (BA) faces the prospect of fresh industrial tensions with pilots and cabin crew after three unions submitted a joint pay claim to the carrier, requesting that improvements in its financial results trickle down to staff....More

Finnair is preparing for disruptions in domestic and regional flights beginning Dec.1 as a result of a planned industrial action by pilots of its regional operation, Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra)....More

Airport industry group ACI Europe is calling for “long overdue” air traffic management (ATM) reform, including better integration of airspace and ground infrastructure to ease disruptions, following a summer marked by air traffic control (ATC) strikes that caused widespread flight delays and cancellations....More