Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker has said the pilot of the Ryanair flight that was forced to land in Minsk last week made a “fundamental error” in choosing to re-route the flight to Belarus, rather than continue on to the destination in Lithuania. Last week, it was reported that Belarusian authorities flagged a
The Canadian Union of Public Employees said the move was “morally bankrupt” given the airline had received a government bailout and made many employees redundant.
The drive for hiring locally acquired pilots is an unconventional move for Cathay, considering they have relied heavily on foreign pilots in the past.
The move follows San Diego International Airport receiving a disturbing call about a crew member who was brutally beaten by a customer on a flight from Sacramento.
The airline's CEO, Al Baker, told Bloomberg on Monday that if the problem with the aircraft does not resolve quickly, their relationship would be at serious risk.
Norse Atlantic Airways, Norway’s newest trans-Atlantic low-cost airline, has come to an agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) to hire over 700 flight attendants in the US, ahead of its launch later this year. The announcement comes after Norse Atlantic faced backlash in the US House of Representatives and from the Air Line
