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After Strike, Australia Tries To Pull Itself Back on Top SYDNEY - Australian tourism officials are attempting to recover from a discouraging 1989, marked by a crippling domestic airline pilots' […]

Sun Country Airlines and its pilots union reached a tentative contract agreement on Oct. 10. The airline's 285 pilots are expected to complete a vote on the deal in the […]

NEW YORK -- Iberia Airlines pilots called off their planned summer strikes, a spokeswoman for the Tourist Office of Spain confirmed, after the Spanish government nominated an arbiter to settle […]

WASHINGTON -- Pilots for Delta Connection carrier Comair are voting on a tentative agreement to end their 3-month-old strike, but even if a new contract is approved, it would take […]

Discontented airline employees weigh options Airline Workers at four major European carriers have either gone on strike or are considering doing so as the peak travel season approaches. As of [...]

CINCINNATI -- Pilots at Delta Connection carrier Comair voted 1,042 to 99 against a settlement proposed by the National Mediation Board. Comair, which had cut half of its 4,000 nonstriking […]

BERLIN -- Lufthansa pilots voted to strike once a week during at least the next two weeks in an effort to win higher pay. The pilots walked off the job […]

Delta Air Lines and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining deal just days before a 30-day cooling-off period was set to expire. The National [...]

Northwest Airlines and its mechanics reached a tentative agreement last week on a new contract that, if approved, will avert the potential strike that loomed in mid-May. Details of the [...]

The clock started ticking last week toward a possible strike by Delta's pilots. The union rejected the National Mediation Board's offer of arbitration in contract talks with management. The rejection [...]

CINCINNATI -- The pilots for Delta Connection carrier Comair went on strike March 26, forcing the carrier to try to re-accommodate passengers on Delta, Delta Express, other Delta Connection carriers […]

CINCINNATI -- With a pilot strike looming, Delta Connection carder Comair began canceling flights, reaccommodating customers and adjusting its schedule late last week, and it is posting on-line advice at […]

American: The airline's flight attendants voted Feb. 22 to authorize a strike, but the union and management are scheduled to go back to the negotiating table March 2 and 3 […]

The union for Delta's' pilots, again officially urged its members not to participate in any concerted refusal to accept or volunteer for overtime flying. The union notice came after a [...]

NEW YORK -- American Airlines reached a second tentative settlement with the Allied Pilots Association, but the saga is from far from over. The proposed settlement required approval by the […]

NEW YORK -- Caribbean and Florida officials were exuberant that President Clinton's intervention in the American Airlines' pilots' strike saved their regions' peak seasons. John Bell, executive vice president of […]

NEW YORK -- As the countdown toward an American Airlines strike began in earnest, prospects looked grim for travelers who could be stranded if the pilots walk off the job […]

AAL Announces New, Restored Flights After 11% Reduction DALLAS -- American Airlines announced a partial restoration of service that had been reduced by 11% last month following an alleged sick-out […]

Pilot 'Sick-Outs' Force American To Cut Service By 250 Flights * DALLAS - American Airlines said it will withdraw from the highly competitive San Francisco-Los Angeles shuttle market as the […]

The pilots' union supports arming cockpit personnel with guns. Do you agree? Yes No 51% 49% Note: Table made from pie chart. Vote on a new question by visiting the […]

FORT WORTH, Texas--Members of the Allied Pilots Association voted by a 70% majority to ratify a new contract with American Airlines, bringing to an end the threat of a strike […]

A strong possibility that a strike by airplane pilots of some of the country's largest carriers would occur if conclusions and agreements are not made within the month of Apr. 1997. This event would lead to unpredictable work actions and service interruptions. Vacationers and passengers are requested to stay ahead of the news, choose an alternative to their preferred carrier or to charter a flight to avoid difficulties., While President Clinton's intervention to halt the Feb. 15 pilots' strike against American Airlines rescued thousands of vacationers, many meeting planners had already worked out schemes to get their attendees [...]

LONDON -- British Airways and its pilots reached agreement on pay scales and other issues, averting a strike that would have disrupted the summer travel season. All pilots will receive […]

ST. LOUIS - TWA's pilots ratified a new contract that the carrier said will save $35 million annually. The line also reached a tentative pact with its flight attendants' union […]

ST. PAUL -- Northwest averted filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, at least for the time being, as a result of an agreement by its pilots to accept $365 million in […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Northwest and its pilots agreed on a three-year contract, averting the threat of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Terms of the pact were not […]

Australia Launches Massive Drive To Spur Flagging Tourism Figures * GOLD COAST, Australia - The federal cabinet of Australia approved $30 million (about U.S. $24 million) in funding for a […]

U.S. Operators' Australia Tours Face Disruption * NEW YORK -- U.S. tour operators reported varying disruption to their programs in Australia as a pilots strike grounding all domestic air service […]

Judge Calls Pilots' Walkout Legal, Denies Airline's Back-to-Work Bid MIAMI -- A federal judge here refused to order Eastern's striking pilots back to work, weakening the carrier's hand in the […]

EAL Threatens Bankruptcy Move Suspends Most Service After Pilot Walkout MIAMI -- Prospects loomed for an Eastern Airlines bankruptcy filing after a U.S. District Court judge here refused to grant […]

CHICAGO--United's 50-state rebate promotion, offered in the wake of its pilots' strike, put the carrier back on its feet immediately, boosting load factors by about 30 percentage points, a top […]

UAL, Pilots Are Near Pact, Refer Some Issues to Court United Airlines and its striking pilots' union last week reached a tentative pact on critical back-to-work matters and agreed to […]

Hawaii Sees Traffic Drop Due to Strike By United Hawaii's tourism industry is suffering considerable losses due to United's pilots strike. At the end of May, the strike had cost […]

HONOLULU -- United Airlines' pilots strike left more than 1,100 passengers stranded last week at Honolulu Airport when the carrier was unable to provide space to the mainland. It was […]

The strike by United Airlines' pilots union caused some major headaches but surprisingly few disruptions in group movements last week, according to tour operators and city convention bureaus. Although the […]

The threat of a strike by United Airlines' pilots last week cost many agencies across the country small fortunes in responding to inquiries from their clients and in providing backup […]

NEW YORK -- Travel agents and tour operators across the country last week scrambled to rebook passengers after Pan Am cut operations to the bone due to a strike by […]

Australia Restoring Its Domestic Air Service With Foreign Crews * LOS ANGELES - Australia's domestic airlines have restored service to between 70% and 80% of normal as a two-month-old work […]

Allegis Nixes United Pilots' Latest Buyout Proposal STILL INSISTS SUCH A DEAL WOULD FINANCIALLY CRIPPLE COMPANY United Airlines' parent company, Allegis, has rejected yet another offer from United's pilots to […]

Hawaii Begins Campaign to Recoup Lost Business With the United strike over, to the relief of Hawaii's visitor industry, the big question remains: Just how much of the state's summer […]

UAL Inc. Says It Will Weigh United Pilots' Bid to Purchase Line UAL Inc. said it would study an offer by the United Airlines pilots union to purchase the line […]