Strike

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of news articles on the CAPA - Centre for Aviation website mentioning the word strike has been noticeably below previous levels. The number of strike articles in 2025 was lower than in any year since 2009, when CAPA - Centre for Aviation began monitoring it, with the exception of 2020 and 2021 when COVID-19 was at its peak and aviation activity was severely curtailed. This measure, which can be seen as a proxy for aviation labour militancy, still rises and falls broadly in line with airline industry operating profit margins. However, it has undergone a structural reduction in the midpoint around which the annual number varies. The conclusion seems to be that aviation labour groups will still claim a greater share of industry profits when margins rise, but not as much as forcefully as they once did.

US investigators have determined that a United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER was damaged in a tail-strike on landing at Las Vegas after the pilot did not maintain correct pitch during the flare. The first officer had been manually flying the aircraft – inbound from Washington Dulles on 2 July last year – during the approach to… The post United 737-900ER tail-strike traced to incorrect pitch during flare first appeared on FlightGlobal.

Pilots at Lufthansa announced a two-day strike in Germany, marking a further escalation in an already tense labour… Lufthansa pilots plan two-day strike as tensions rise appeared first on AeroTime.