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...]

It seems Air France is suffering again at the hands of its unions - with another strike on the way in. Air France Airbus A320 taxing at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. This time, the cabin crews of the SNPNC and the Unsa-PNC are to take to the pickets - accounting for up to 45% of cabin crew. The strike is due to take place between the 27th July … [Read more...]

It seems the French ATC Unions are really playing hardball - with yet another Air Traffic Controller unions strike in progress. Approaching Paris at near Paris Orly - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The Unions timing for this strike is pretty perfect as France hosts the UEFA European Championship Football tournament this month - piling on the pressure to the French … [Read more...]

If there's a theme building for 2016, striking seems to be a big theme. This time SAS in Sweden are out on strike. SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) Boeing 737-600 taxing at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The strike will run through to the 14th June 2016. SAS have announced that short and medium flights to and from Sweden are affected. SAS … [Read more...]