Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘fears’

Qantas fears British Airways strike impact

Qantas fears British Airways strike impact

QANTAS is studying the possible impact on its passengers of a massive British Airways strike across Christmas and the New Year.
Hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers around the world face a chaotic Christmas as staff strike at the airline.
Nine out of 10 BA staff voted on Monday in favour of striking from December 22 [...]

Qantas sparks union job fears

Qantas sparks union job fears

UNIONS are bracing for forced redundancies at Qantas by the middle of next year unless demand for air travel picks up.
This follows Qantas’ decision to review the number of first-class and business-class seats on its long-haul fleet.
That decision has also been interpreted as a sign of the seriousness of the slump in corporate traffic. It [...]

Qantas takes hard line over ‘unauthorised’ airport strikes

Qantas takes hard line over ‘unauthorised’ airport strikes

Qantas says it makes no apology for taking a hard line against this morning’s industrial action at five airports around the country.
The airline has docked four hours’ pay from union members who walked off the job this morning in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) says the strikers may have gone [...]

Mother fears Qantas ban will stop son travelling

Mother fears Qantas ban will stop son travelling

The mother of a severely disabled man says her son may never be able to leave Alice Springs in central Australia because of new wheel chair regulations on Qantas flights.
Qantas has restricted wheel chairs higher than 84 centimetres on Boeing 737s because they say there is a risk of damaging the chair or injuring airline [...]