Disruption this summer is also expected as a result of the threat of delays and cancellations amid a shortage of air traffic control (ATC) staff. Ryanair has already scrapped dozens of flights after a shortfall in controllers at a major Dutch ATC centre left planes out of position and unable to perform morning departures. Meanwhile,...
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What the Tory and Labour pledges on migration mean for UK jobs
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced his party’s plans to cut the UK’s net migration if it wins power in what is being seen as a bid to win over Conservative voters. It comes after official figures, published the day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the general election, showed that net migration stood...
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Fewer hot meals and no more ‘lap babies’ – how airlines are preparing for a turbulent future
In addition to the new rules announced by Singapore Airlines, a flight attendant union is lobbying for a ban on children under the age of two travelling on a parent’s lap. Last year the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA union, which represents more than 50,000 flight attendants in the USA, urged legislators to change the rules...