7 Jul 2016Industrial action by Icelandic air-traffic controllers sent flight-delay stats sky rocketing last month, with some 60% of passengers travelling with three international airlines to and from Iceland suffering delays.
20 Jun 2016Departures and arrivals at Iceland’s main international airport were disrupted for four half-hour periods yesterday, as cover for absent air traffic controllers could not be found.
8 Jun 2016“For a government to intervene in negotiations on pay and working conditions is an absolute emergency measure,” says Iceland’s Home Affairs Minister.
8 Jun 2016An ongoing air traffic controllers’ work-to-rule strike risks airport closures, flight delays and travel disruption for passengers travelling to, from and through Iceland.
7 Jun 2016Hundreds of thousands of passengers have been affected by delays caused by industrial action by Icelandic air traffic controllers in recent weeks – and there is no end in sight to the travel misery.
6 Jun 2016An ongoing work-to-rule strike by Icelandic air traffic controllers has once again plunged passenger travel plans into chaos – with some facing delays of up to four hours.
30 May 2016Ongoing industrial action by Icelandic air traffic controllers is not just disrupting traffic at Iceland’s main international airport – it is also having an effect on the transatlantic operations of airlines worldwide.
26 May 2016A total of 24 flights are expected to be affected tonight as industrial action by air traffic controllers effectively shuts down Iceland’s main international airport for the third time in seven weeks.
26 May 2016All Icelandair flights to Europe and North America are suffering delays today as a result of industrial action by air traffic controllers currently involved in a dispute over pay and working conditions.
23 May 2016International flights to and from Iceland could be majorly affected by possible industrial action by airline dispatchers, warns their union leader.
29 Apr 2016Thousands of passengers were affected by delays and cancellations at Iceland’s main international airport last night as the effects of a work-to-rule strike by air traffic controllers kicked in.
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