Holidaymakers could face air travel misery with a strike threat hanging over Scotland’s busiest airports.
Ground crew at both Edinburgh and Glasgow have “overwhelmingly” rejected a two separate pay offers from parent company Menzies Aviation.
Around 600 workers including dispatchers, allocators, airside agents and controllers are employed by the firm across both airports.
The Unite union said that around 300 Menzies Aviation workers emphatically rejected a basic uplift worth around 4.25 per cent at Glasgow airport.
A similar number based at Edinburgh airport also rejected an offer worth around four per cent.
“The Menzies group is posting sky-high profits and our members who contribute towards this success deserve far better from the company.”
The Menzies ground handling and passenger services workers provide essential support for a host of major airlines including American, United, British Airways, Aer Lingus, Emirates Lufthansa, Loganair, and AIR Transat.
Menzies Aviation in March this year announced a “record-breaking performance” for 2024.
The company stated it had achieved its fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth after global revenue reached £2bn – up 20 per cent over the year. Menzies also reported global earnings before tax of £282m.
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Unite industrial officer Carrie Binnie said: “Summer strike action looms over Edinburgh and Glasgow airports because the pay offers on the table from Menzies Aviation aren’t good enough.”
“Menzies Aviation has the ability to improve its offers and they can easily resolve this pay dispute without any disruption to the travelling public. If the company fail to table a better offer to our members, Unite will have no option but to ballot our members for strikes over the summer holidays.”
Last week, Unite announced wage wins for 100 North Air workers across Scottish airports, and over 140 workers based at Glasgow airport employed by ABM and OCS.
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