And timed to cause the maximum disruption at the start of the school holidays just when we need it least after everything else that has caused problems this year; thanks guys :(

go on strike, pax get fed up and use another airport or travel less, downturn for the airport, job losses.
What is it about this chain of event they don't understand???

Has this been confirmed? I ask, as I'm flying EZY from Belfast Saturday morning and home again Sunday night (well hopefully) for a quick trip to visit friends. As it's such a short trip, any delay / cancellation would really eat into my time in the toon.

Would EZY have contingency plans for their NCL operation over the weekend, obviously not just for my flight but everyone affected?? Bad state of affairs with this threat of industrial action hanging over transport at the minute. Where's Maggie??

where is Maggi?
your not worth a reply:=

There must be a better way of negotiating than making the blameless travelling public suffer everytime. i.e. the ever continuing farce at BA resulting in a worse offer everytime.

Maybe there needs to be compulsory arbitration with a time limit to reach a binding agreement.

easyJet have now put Newcastle - Malta on sale for winter 2010/11

Tuesdays 11:00 - 15:35/16:10 - 19:00
Saturdays 14:30 - 19:05/19:40 - 22:30

EZY6497/8 Flight numbers.

Gate Strikes...
 

Anyone have any idea how easyJet are going to be dealing with the alleged industrial action over the weekend? Surely with only 10% of the workforce turning up even a basic service will be difficult?

Due in on sunday, at least I can plan for what seems an inevitable delay.

Pending strikes are going to be canx

Due to the horrible news delivered to Gate aviation staff today .....:mad:'s

I assume your not allowed to share the news, or it's not appropriate to share on a public forum?

only three possibilities I should think....1. an improved offer 2. challenge in the courts and 3. everyone fired.


Good news that Malta is back for the winter.....but no news on who might be interested in STN but may give BA an opening for LCY

NCL Gate strikes
 

How do you know strikes are off? Has it been officially announced??

strikes are off.
they wouldnt do anything given the news just been given out
its not possible to publish on here just yet, I wouldnt like to find out the news via a rumor site

Well it is a rumour network, so here's mine...

I can only think of two possibilities.

1) Gate lost the Easyjet contract to someone else.

2) Easyjet told Gate that the base is to close, therefore lost contract.

your good! :D

bit of both, gate is pulling out, offered to handle EZY till the contract ends in feb. EZY were not happy so asked for gate to hand in there 90 days notice to enable the handling contract to be put out to tender, hence why the strike action is canx.

Also because of this the NM and T3 contracts are up for tender

Some one is going to get a lot more work.... my money is on Serivisair!!

Good news with the MLA being returned, a sign of more from easyjet shame gate isnt going to benifit

Only one real explaination for them calling strikes off if Gate has announced something "bad" today. Looks like to me a closure of Gate at NCL? I think EZY will pull out of NCL now, who else do they handle??

Didn't see that one coming....


My money is on Swissport, they do afterall handle EZY at majority of other UK airports so maybe able to negociate a discount. Wonder who'll get T3, NM, VIK and SGX?

Good luck to all Gate staff....:uhoh:

Hmm

Servisair hand notice in on EZY... Gate pull out when relying on EZY... anyone else spot a trend.

My money will be on them trying to play Servisair and Menzies off each other for an exceptional deal. Menzies won't do it cheap, because the costs of setting up a handling company for 4 aircraft will prevent a "low cost" deal. Servisair have been bitten once and will want more money than EZY will want to pay.
Then theres Swissport, who have a Jet2 expansion to contend with...

No cheap handling availiable to EZY, and I think we see where this is going in the near future.

Sorry for the folks at Gate though. Sad news indeed.

RTG!


PS - Didnt realise Gate handled VIK and SGX... presumably these were linked with Goldtrail, and therefore no longer operate. Final straw for Gate management perhaps?

Not good for the dwindling Easyjet operation at NCL.

I wonder that if they don't get an acceptable deal from the new handling agent that they might just call it quits at NCL.

gate have sgx/vik till end of oct, the flights are mainly kiss flights, the only one to go account of goldtrail is the sat night rotation.

Swissport don't handle EZY anywhere else in the UK. They used to handle them in STN but i believe its now Menzies down there and also Menzies at the majority of other UK airports.