Comair strike action averted

Passengers booked to fly with Comair this weekend need no longer fear the prospect of travel disruption, as the airline's pilots have agreed to postpone strike action and extend talks.

Union leaders had authorization from the Air Lines Pilots Association to call a strike should Comair push ahead with its proposed wage cuts, though a compromise is still a possibility.

The carrier is struggling to emerge from bankruptcy protection and insists that it needs the concessions to stay afloat. The decision deadline has been pushed back to February 2, 2007.

"It's good news for the traveling public," Paul Denke, Union Spokesperson, told the Associated Press.

"Our focus hasn't changed. We are still committed to reaching a fair and consensual deal."

Comair is a regional operator and subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, flying to 100 destinations across the U.S. with 795 flights per day.

- Fliers booked on transatlantic British Airways flights this winter could see their plans disrupted by proposed strike action by cabin crew due to a "serious breakdown" in industrial relations.

Chairman Martin Broughton warned in the latest edition of the U.K. flag carrier's staff newspaper that industrial action could "unnecessarily" and "regrettably" disrupt flights between New York City and London at the end of January.

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