EasyJet CEO slams ‘unfair’ fine over additional baggage fees

EasyJet CEO slams ‘unfair’ fine over additional baggage fees

EasyJet on Wednesday reported record revenue from charging passengers for flight add-ons such as extra baggage in the full year to October, as the budget airline’s CEO criticized a recent Spanish fine over the practice. The easyJet group, which comprises an airline and a package holiday provider, said ancillary revenue — which includes additional luggage … Read more

Spain fines Ryanair, EasyJet and other budget airlines for ‘abusive’ cabin luggage fees

Spain fines Ryanair, EasyJet and other budget airlines for ‘abusive’ cabin luggage fees

A Ryanair plane takes off from Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands on December 19, 2020. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Rights on Friday slapped a $179 million euro ($186 million) fine on five low-budget airlines for “abusive practices” including charging additional cabin luggage fees. Ryanair was struck with the … Read more

Boeing factory production will take weeks to ramp up after strike

Boeing factory production will take weeks to ramp up after strike

An employee works in the cockpit of a Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft on the production line at Boeing’s 737 factory in Renton, Washington, November 18, 2021. Jason Redmond | Reuters Boeing‘s more than 32,000 machinists who were on strike are required to return to their factories no later than Tuesday, but getting factories … Read more

Striking Boeing machinists vote on new contract with 38% raises

Striking Boeing machinists vote on new contract with 38% raises

Boeing machinist Andre Johnstone (R) who says he does not support the new contract offer, pickets outside the Renton Production Facility one day before striking union members will vote on a new contract offer in Renton, Washington on November 3, 2024.  Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images Boeing‘s more than 32,000 striking machinists on … Read more

Airbus delivers first extra-long-range Airbus A321

Airbus delivers first extra-long-range Airbus A321

An Airbus A321XLR Neo passenger aircraft performs a flying display at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, Paris, France, on Monday, June 19, 2023.  Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airbus said Wednesday that it has handed over its first extra-long-range narrow-body aircraft, the A321XLR, marking another step in an era of smaller … Read more

Boeing, union reach sweetened contract offer in bid to end strike, vote scheduled for Monday

Boeing, union reach sweetened contract offer in bid to end strike, vote scheduled for Monday

Boeing workers from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing production facility on the day of a vote on a new contract proposal during an ongoing strike in Renton, Washington, U.S. October 23, 2024.  David Ryder | Reuters Boeing and its … Read more

Boeing strike will dent last jobs report before election

Boeing strike will dent last jobs report before election

Boeing workers gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing facility during an ongoing strike on October 24, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.  David Ryder | Getty Images Boeing‘s more than seven-week machinist strike is set to hit Friday’s U.S. jobs report — the last one that will be released before Nov. 5 … Read more

Spirit AeroSystems weighs more furloughs, layoffs if Boeing strike lasts

Spirit AeroSystems weighs more furloughs, layoffs if Boeing strike lasts

Boeing 737 fuselages on railcars at Spirit AeroSystems’ factory in Wichita, Kansas, on July 1, 2024. Nick Oxford | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit AeroSystems is weighing furloughs or layoffs of hundreds more employees if the Boeing machinists’ strike stretches beyond Nov. 25, a company spokesman told CNBC on Thursday. Boeing’s machinists, whose strike is … Read more

Boeing machinists reject new labor contract, extending more than 5-week strike

Boeing machinists reject new labor contract, extending more than 5-week strike

People hold signs during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Boeing machinists voted against a new labor deal that included 35% wage increases over four years, their union said … Read more

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg on $500 billion backlog: This is a story about us getting our act together

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg on 0 billion backlog: This is a story about us getting our act together

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss the company’s quarterly earnings results, the challenges facing the company, how he plans to change the company culture, impact of the ongoing machinists strike, and more. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. … Read more