The simple advice is Don't Bother Southern Railway again is suffering a strike - this time called by the ASLEF union, whose drivers drive a majority of the trains operated by Southern. Southern Class 377 Electrostar arriving at Clapham Junction - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The drivers have commenced a 48 walkout (due to end on Wednesday 23:59), with another … [Read more...]

Bad news for those you think there's no better way to fly as  the Vereinigung Cockpit union will be taking its pilots out on strike again. Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i at Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The next round of strikes commence onTuesday  and Wednesday, with the following affected: Normal service on Monday 28th November Domestic and … [Read more...]

For those of you who were hoping the Lufthansa strike is going away any time soon... Well, I like an optimist. For the realists, you'll be aware that the Lufthansa by the Vereinigung Cockpit union strike will now drag onto Friday Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Thursdays strike will hit long haul, European and German domestic routes - with … [Read more...]

Lufthansa main line is about to hit a strike after Vereinigung Cockpit has chosen to walk out on Wednesday 23rd November, and will impact Domestic, European and International services Lufthansa Airbus A380 at Frankfurt Airport, Image - Economy Class and Beyond The strike will run from 00:00 through to 23:59 on Wednesday, impacting 876 flights across the route … [Read more...]

It's a day ending in a Y, so someone must be going out on strike - this time its Alitalia and its passengers who are going to suffer Alitalia Embraer E-190 at London City Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond There seems to be union disagreements with Alitalia, with the union employees due to go out on strike on the 22nd September 2016 for 24 hours. If you are … [Read more...]

I knew there's been something missing off the pages of Economy Class and Beyond for some weeks - and that's the French ATC service going off on strike. Again. Paris Orly airport - again, hit hard by French ATC Strike action - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The current strike runs from 19:00 CET on 14th September until 06:00 CET on 16th September, with limited … [Read more...]

Southern Railway - a brand of Govia Thameslink Railway - is having to go through the pain of another strike between the 7th and 8th September 2016. Southern Railway Class 377 Electrostar arriving at Clapham Junction - Image, Economy Class and Beyond There are closures along the Southern network (along with the cuts made when Southern pulled 341 services a day earlier this … [Read more...]

For those of you who are travelling this weekend on Eurostar, expecting a strike, there's good news... and that is the strike is suspended. Eurostar Class 373 at Paris Gare Du Nord - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. According to the BBC the strike has been suspended to allow the RMT and TSSA unions to get around the table with Eurostar to have talks. The train … [Read more...]

It seems there's more trouble and strife on the railways, this time affecting Eurostar. Eurostar Class 373 at Paris Gare du Nord - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Workers from two different unions will walk out on different dates. The list is below: RMT members will walk out from 12 to 15 and 27 to 29 August  TSSA members will strike on 14 and 15 and 28 and … [Read more...]