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March 10, 2011Qantas check-in staff at Sydney Airport and Melbourne airport, workers looking for a 15 percent pay raise over three years. Any disruptions will reverberate across international and domestic network. Australian Services Union applying for permission to conduct a ballot all options open, all out strike or four hour work stoppage.Check in staff paid $22.50 hourly. Qantas pilots and maintenance engineers also in wage disputes.Qantas has "robust contingency plans". Qantas raise fuel costs. Overseas tickets will increase by between $30 and $45
That was then
23, September, 09 5 million tonnes of dust, International flights were diverted from Sydney, ferries on Sydney Harbor were suspended and motorists warned to take care on roads because of poor visibility. The dust storm set off smoke alarms in some buildings in Sydney's central business district and halted construction.
Wall of dust, UK Dailymail.co.uk
13, September,09 Flight in and out of Sydney airport were either delayed or cancelled today due to lack of air traffic controllers, shifts couldn't be filled.
22 April,08 Qantas sues Union responsible for March passengers hell. Passengers from Sydney to Perth, Northern Territory to South Australia to Brisbane. Thousands of passengers effected by baggage handlers, many had to leave airport without luggage. Not nice landing into this from an international flight.
3/31/09 You knew it, except now it's official, Sydney Airport is the worst in the country. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report.
On top of that visitors have to put up with the most expensive airport parking in the country. An exorbitant $14.00 per hour. Gouging doesn't stop there. Airport coffee, $4 double the price that you'd get outside, $4.00 to use a SmarteCarte. An airline has to pay $13 per passenger they bring into the airport.
3/30/09 All's well for now, ended after 4 hours, caused chaos country wide. The issue has to be resolved, expect to be caught up again in another industrial dispute sooner than later!
3/30/09 Strike by Qantas employees at Sydney Airport today by baggage handlers, caterers, cleaners and ground handling crews.
International and domestic arrivals will not be unloaded. Airport at standstill. Planes sit on runway. Airport staff piled luggage up in the middle of the departure lounge. Took passengers an hour to reach the head of the counter.
Row over Qantas and Jetstar, out sourcing a 100 jobs, baggage handling and check-in jobs at Sydney International, Hobart and Launceston airports. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) say this is a security threat as new workers will not undergo full ASIO security clearance.
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Australia Unions, TWU
Australian Services Union (ASU)
Sydney Airport
Airlines that serve this airport, to name a few:-
Aerolineas Argentinas
Aeropelican Air Services
Aircalin 
Air Austral
Air Canada
Air China
Air India
Air New Zealand
Air Niugini
Air Pacific
Air Vanuatu
Asiana Airlines
Australian Air Express
British Airways
Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Cargo
China Airlines
China Eastern Airlines
China Southern Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Emirates
Etihad Airways
Abu Dhabi
FedEx Express
Garuda Indonesia
Hawaiian Airlines
Japan Airlines
Jetstar domestic
Jetstar intenational
Korean Air
Korean Air Cargo
LAN Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
MASkargo
Norfolk Air
Philippine Airlines
Qantas (International)
Qantas (Domestic)
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Qatar Airways
Regional Express Airlines (REX)
Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines Cargo
Thai Airways International
Toll Priority
United Airlines
UPS Anchorage,
Anchorage, Vietnam Airlines
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Blue (International)
Pacific Blue
Polynesian Blue
V Australia
Virgin Blue (Domestic)
Viva Macau
Sydney International Airport, NSW, 2011 Qantas strike threats, Check in staff, Sydney Airport and Melbourne Airport.
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