Lufthansa's cabin crew union is planning longer strikes that could once again put thousands of travellers across the world in trouble. The airline company's cabin crew union wants to put further pressure on the company as earlier talks haven't yielded much result. Lufthansa has been under pressure from its cabin crew for quite some time now and there seems to be no respite for the airline. It's cabin crew have already staged 2 major strikes in the past couple of months that saw the company cancelling hundreds of flights going out and coming in to Germany. UFO, said that it is planning more strikes as not much could be achieved through talks with the company's management. Cabin crew have been demanding a rise in pay and better working condition. <br/>
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The South African govt said it’s working on solutions for the national airline after failing to pay ZAR2b (US$138m) in funding by a Sunday deadline. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s govt said it continues to work with South African Airways’ lenders and business rescue practitioners, “with the primary goal of bringing out of this process a restructured, modern airline.” Lenders agreed in December to provide ZAR2b to enable SAA to continue to operate, while the govt committed an equal amount though the National Treasury. However, it has yet to pay the funds. The airline has been in a local form of bankruptcy protection since last month. The carrier has already burned through a loan it got from banks last month, according to people familiar with the matter. Lenders are hesitant to step in again. <br/>
ANA has inked a commercial partnership agreement with Virgin Australia, a new entrant to the Australia-Japan sector. From Jan 30, ANA will place its code on 6 domestic routes operated by Virgin, from Sydney to Brisbane, Melbourne, Cairns, Canberra, Gold Coast and Adelaide. The partners expect to announce more codeshare routes later in spring 2020. “This collaborative effort will allow us to meet growing passenger demand in the region by providing greater choice and flexibility through shared resources, and furthering ANA’s commitment to expanding the Japan-Australia network,” says ANA executive VP, Shuichi Fujimura. Virgin is entering the sector with a Brisbane-Tokyo Haneda service starting March 29, using Airbus A330-200s redeployed from Melbourne-Hong Kong. <br/>