Fuel tanker drivers at Edinburgh Airport have called off a strike over the festive period after agreeing a new pay deal. NorthAir workers had said they would walk out for 19 days over Christmas and New Year after rejecting a 4.5% pay increase.

A planned strike over the festive season at Scotland's busiest airport has been called off. North Air fuel tanker drivers based at Edinburgh Airport had planned to walk out for almost three weeks in a dispute over a rejected 4.

A planned strike over Christmas and New Year by fuel tanker drivers at Edinburgh Airport has been called off. Unite the Union announced last week that tanker drivers from plane refuelling firm North Air would start a 19-day strike on 18 December.

We are pleased to confirm that we have reached an agreement with Unite on pay and that the planned strike at Edinburgh Airport has been called off.”