Ryanair continues to be confronted by Italian union

Read more about the latest development with FIT CISL in Italy: "On 12th March 2008, the expected confrontation between the leaders of the Fit Cisl union and Ryanair took place in the meeting room of the Royal Santine hotel in Rome." more >>

EC to investigate Ryanair relationship with Bratislava airport

11 March 2008: European regulators are to open another airport state-aid probe involving Irish budget carrier Ryanair, this time focusing on its agreement with Bratislava Airport in Slovakia. more >>

Sarkozy Ryanair ad case win in France 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new bride Carla Bruni have won a case against Ryanair for using their picture without consent in one of their adverts. more >>

Court in Italy cleared way for union work in Ryanair!

28 November 2007: According to the Labour Court of Velletri, which is the responsible court for the Ciampino airport, Ryanair must recognize the Italian Trade Union Organisation "FIT CISL Comparto Volo" in order to bargain the terms and conditions of important legal aspects concerning the Ryanair employees. more >>

Air Berlin - wage increase for cabin crews above inflation

21 September 2007: The newly recognized union for the cabin crews in Air Berlin has now achieved a first wage increase for all crew members. more >>

Air Berlin seals first collective agreements with pilots, cabin crew

08 August 2007: German carrier Air Berlin has reached its first ever collective labour agreement with unions representing the airline’s pilots and cabin crew. more >>

Ryanair higher and higher in hidden fares

25 July 2007: Hidden fares swelled Ryanair's coffers by some €109m last year as the airline charged passengers for everything from handling credit cards to carrying luggage. more >>

Labour law applicable to all employees of Ryanair based in France

11 July 2007: The French Council of State threw out Easy Jet and Ryanair’s requests to bypass local labour legislation which described for the first time the concept of ‘operating base’ in air transport. more >>

Strike in Belgium hits Ryanair

15 June 2007: All flights in and out of Ryanair's Belgian hub at Charleroi airport were grounded on Friday after security staff walked out. A row over the privatisation of public sector security personnel caused the disruption at Belgium's Charleroi airport, in the neighbourhood of Brussels. more >>

Low cost Southwest Airlines shares profit with its crews

18 May 2007: Website visitors are wondering why we show a flag of the USA? Well, this is global news of relevance for Ryanair staff: Southwest Airlines recently posted higher first-quarter earnings again. What is important about this figure is their impact for staff.
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Ryanair workers mobilised to strike

9 May 2007: Disruptive industrial action by thousands of staff at Ryanair has moved  closer after it emerged that another unionless airline, Thomas Cook Airlines, has signed an agreement with Unite, the Irish Examiner reported on the 5th of May.
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British Union signs agreement with Thomas Cook Airline - value for Ryanair crews as well

2 May 2007:"Unite", the UK's biggest trade union which was launched this week, has announced that it has signed an agreement with one of the UK's leading holiday airlines, Thomas Cook. The agreement means that more than 1,000 cabin crew working for the airline will now have their pay, holidays and hours of work negotiated by collective bargaining as part of Unite.
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The truth about Ryanair wages

23 March 2007: Ryanair management claims to pay industry-leading wages to its staff. The truth is - Ryanair cabin crews are not getting the wages they deserve for the hard work they put in, neither with the current pay nor after this new pay deal. High flight hours, little rest time, Niners, all of this deserves better pay and proper compensation! more >>

Irish Government concerned about Ryanair flight safety record

20 February 2007: The Irish transport minister has asked to be kept informed about investigations into a series of recent high-speed approach incidents involving Ryanair aircraft, and has not ruled out the possibility of a formal Government review of the carrier. more >>

Irish Supreme Court upholds ruling about Ryanair

1 February 2007: The Irish Supreme Court’s ruling that the Labour Court has jurisdiction to investigate IMPACT’s case against Ryanair sends a message that all workers in Ireland are entitled to professional representation and fundamental workplace rights, according to the union which took the case. more >>

Ryanair snubs labour court

24 January 2007: The ITF has accused Ryanair of showing just how lightly it takes workers’ complaints after engineering an adjournment within the first minutes of a case being held against it in an Italian labour court.  more >>