Bournemouth Airport could be shut down next month as almost 80 workers are being balloted on whether to take strike action. The workers, members of the UK's leading union Unite, include plane fuellers, baggage handlers, security and check-in staff and flight dispatchers amongst others. With wo...

Lufthansa said around 120,000 passengers will be affected by strikes this week as cabin staff are set to walk out across key German airports. This week Lufthansa staff will go on strike at Frankfurt and Munich airports on 12 March and 13 March, respectively. Totalling 1,000 flights, Lufthansa ...

Members of the trade union Unite employed by DHL Aviation at East Midlands Airport will "dramatically escalate" the industrial action set to begin tomorrow with a further 14 days of strikes. Unite announced on 31 January that its members would walk out on the airport over a pay dispute with DHL A...

Members of the trade union Unite employed by DHL Aviation at East Midlands Airport have announced strike action in February over a low pay offer. Industrial action was called after 180 workers who undertake ramp duties, provide aircraft handling and oversee the tower at the airport rejected a pay...

Iberia has cancelled 444 flights ahead of industrial action by ground staff which is set to take place this month. From 5 to 8 January, members of the CCOO, UGT and USO unions will go on strike, affecting almost 46,000 passengers. 270 flights from Iberia, 64 from Iberia Express, and 110 from Air ...

Ground handlers at Gatwick Airport have backed down from the threat of bank holiday industrial action after a pay deal has been agreed. Trade union Unite had called strike action this weekend on behalf of members employed by ground handlers Red Handling and Wilson James who undertake the passenge...

Workers at the UK's aviation regulator have voted "overwhelming" in favour of strikes over the Civil Aviation Authority's failure to offer a "fair and affordable" pay increase. At a ballot held by Prospect union, members employed by the CAA voted 67 per cent in support of industrial action, meanw...

An international aerospace manufacturer is facing its sixth week of industrial action at its UK factory amid an ongoing pay dispute with employees. Nicholson's Sealing Technologies, which makes rotary and fixed wing platforms for commercial and military use - among other products for the automoti...

Wizz Air passengers flying from Luton airport have been warned their flights face major disruption as ground handler workers announce three days of fresh industrial action. Trade union Unite says workers, employed by GH London, are taking strike action after a breakdown in industrial relations. ...