Freighter operator Western Global Airlines will pay $85,000 in backpay to female workers to comply with federal rules.
Pilots for Western Global Airlines say they need help from the National Mediation Board to move along negotiations on a labor agreement.
Labor peace was won at what will be higher costs for shippers and carriers.
Western Global Airlines is starting with a clean slate after completing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but still faces difficult market conditions.
The Department of Labor is investigating Western Global Airlines’ founder for allegedly enriching himself at the expense of employees who bought equity in the company.
Freighter operator Western Global got in financial trouble when the overheated air cargo market cooled off last year and nearly shut down this summer before getting a financial lifeline from creditors and filing for bankruptcy.
Western Global Airlines, struggling under a heavy debt load and weak market conditions, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court.
Western Global Airlines could be on the verge of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Cargo pilots at Western Global Airlines are in the difficult position of negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement as questions mount about the company’s ability to stay in business.
Western Global Airlines has hit hard times, losing Amazon as a primary customer, piling up debt and facing at least two lawsuits.
Western Global Airlines appears to be winding down operations for a potential bankruptcy.
The large freighter wars are heating up between Boeing and Airbus.
The iconic MD-11 has ended its run with Lufthansa Cargo. The 23-year-old planes now head to a U.S. cargo carrier.
Western Global Airlines is a midsize cargo carrier that can’t grow its fleet until the U.S. DOT lifts conditions placed on startups.
Pilots at Western Global Airlines are unionizing.
Air cargo companies are raking in revenues this year. It might be a bad time to ask for a handout from the government.
The World Health Organization has air hubs in Doha and Addis Ababa and is pumping humanitarian resources and workers around the world in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
