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EasyJet cabin crew at Lisbon, Porto and Faro walked out today in a five-day strike that unions say could ground roughly 500 flights and disrupt 80,000 passengers, with a second walkout planned for December.
Icelandic aircraft mechanics voted overwhelmingly to walk out indefinitely from September 23 after seven months of failed wage talks, putting Icelandair's entire transatlantic schedule of roughly 110 daily flights at risk.
The 831 pilots who unionized under ALPA a year ago say Porter still won't "engage in real bargaining," pushing Canada's fastest-growing carrier toward a federally mediated first contract fight.
EasyJet's French pilot union SNPL has called a two-day strike for September 13-14, just weeks after cabin crew won guaranteed schedule stability through their own walkout — and pilots say they've been offered nothing similar.