Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Flights Delayed as British Airways Outsources Airport Support Jobs

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Flights Delayed as British Airways Outsources Airport Support Jobs

Alastair Jamieson @ Scotsman - 21 Jun 2007

Many British Airways passengers faced delays and disruption yesterday after BA outsourced 430 ground jobs to a separate company.

Dozens of flights between Edinburgh and London were delayed by between 15 minutes and three hours. Yesterday was the first day that BA ground operations at Edinburgh - including check-in, baggage-handling, ticketing and dispatch of aircraft - were provided by the contract firm Aviance.

Read the full report from here @ The Scotsman
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Ground Handling Outsourcing Dispute Settled at Aer Arann

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Outsourcing Dispute Settled at Aer Arann

12 June 2007

A dispute over outsourcing of ground handling staff at Aer Arann has been settled.

SIPTU members at the regional airline had threatened to take industrial action over plans to transfer operational and check-in functions at Dublin Airport to another private company, Sky Handling Partners.

According to sources, over 30 Aer Arann staff will transfer to Sky Handling, and each staff member will receive some incentives recognition of their contribution to the success of the company....

Read the full report from here @ RTE News

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

UK Finance giants defend offshore outsourcing

UK Finance giants defend offshore outsourcing

Mar 28, 2007

The UK’s financial giants have defended their Indian call centre operations amid fresh concerns from British customers about data security and declining customer service.

An internal report from insurer Norwich Union found shortcomings in its Indian call centres may potentially lead to losses of more than £10million, and fines from the FSA.

Banking giant HSBC was also accused this week of running a ‘first-class and second class system’ that sees affluent callers dealt with in the UK, while poorer ones are diverted to the sub-continent. A HSBC spokesperson dismissed the claims. Similarly, asked yesterday about Norwich Union’s troubled call centres in India, the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) hinted it was unfair to suggest the location was to blame.

Read the full news report from here @ Contractor UK

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