It seems those in France are enjoying yet another strike by French Air Traffic Controllers. This time, Pairs Orly, Beauvais, Lyon, Nice and Marseille are all hit by strike action, with airlines requested to reduce their traffic by at least 20% - and Orly to take a cut between 33% and 50%. Paris Orly Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Airlines reporting delays and … [Read more...]
Lufthansa Strike (Short-Medium Haul) 18th March, Long Haul 19th March
It seems that Vereinigung Cockpit is on full attack, with the planned Lufthansa Short and Medium haul programme being hit extremely hard tomorrow due to another strike. Lufthansa Boeing 737-500 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Affected airlines: Lufthansa Main Line services, short-haul and medium haul routes Some Lufthansa City Line … [Read more...]
Guess who’s out on strike AGAIN? Ja… it’s Lufthansa!
I'm taking a break from my Trip Report to note that Lufthansa is going to suffer its 2nd strike in a week, this time affecting Intercontinental services Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 at Chicago O'Hare, Image Economy Class and Beyond The strike will run on the 4th December 2014 from 03:00 to 23:59 Central European Time, with Lufthansa able to operate around half of its … [Read more...]
Another day, another Lufthansa Strike
Well, it's Tuesday, so it must be time for a strike somewhere. Today, it's a Lufthansa Strike with Vereinigung Cockpit taking action over retirement ages and benefits. However, unlike previous strikes that have hit German Domestic and European routes, Vereinigung Cockpit will be going after long haul routes. Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i at the Lufthansa Technik hanger at … [Read more...]
Another Lufthansa Strike ahead – Munich targeted
If the term "here we go again" is one to go by, Lufthansa pilots are once again going out on strike today between 09:00 and 17:00 Central European Time. Lufthansa Airbus A321 Retrojet - Image GhettoIFE Vereinigung Cockpit is calling the strike, which is still protesting at plans to change the Lufthansa retirement scheme and pay. This time, Lufthansa's Munich hub is the … [Read more...]
French Air Traffic Control on strike
Well, it's not the trains, it's now French Air Traffic Control deciding they want to go out on strike too. One of the airports affected in the industrial action - Paris Orly - Image, GhettoIFE Originally, two unions were meant to go out on strike. This has been reduced to one - however, this is forcing a reduction of 20% of possible flights. Action will centre on Bordeaux, … [Read more...]
London Underground strike off – (5th May to 8th May – UPDATE 2)
UPDATE 2: London Underground and The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union have agreed to the strike to be suspended and services to continue as normal. London Underground and Rail, Maritime and Transport union are in last-ditch talks today (Monday 5th May) to try and find a solution to the dispute. I'll try to keep abreast of the situation as the day develop. It seems that … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express/London Undergound Strike: Still in progress
Unless something magical and peace has broken overnight, both the Heathrow Express and London Underground will be on strike again today. The Heathrow Express strike will continue to the end of service, whilst the London Underground strike will end at about 21:00 local time, with services not expected to return to normal until 1 May. See my post yesterday on frequencies and … [Read more...]
Strike action – both on Heathrow Express and London Underground
Expect transportation chaos if you're coming into London for the next few days the London Underground and Heathrow Express/Heathrow Connect services will be affected by strike action. Heathrow Express The strike is running from the 29th April to 30th. Trains services will be reduced to 2 trains an hour from/to London: London Paddington To Heathrow T5. First train departs … [Read more...]
Lufthansa says sorry for the strike action
The following email went out from Lufthansa earlier in regards to the strike that is now in full swing (commencing 00:00CET 2nd April to 23:59 4th April) The strike action is knocking out most of Lufthansa mainline as well as Germanwings and Lufthansa Cargo. Text: At Lufthansa, we aim to provide you with the seamless and outstanding service that you expect from a leading … [Read more...]
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