A Ryanair plane, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, the place authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania Might 23, 2021.
Andrius Sytas | Reuters
Spain-based cabin crew at Ryanair plan to strike for 12 days this month to demand higher working circumstances, the USO and SICTPLA unions mentioned on Saturday, elevating the prospect of journey chaos because the summer season vacationer season will get beneath manner.
The announcement got here on the ultimate day of the crews’ present strike, which started on Thursday and compelled Ryanair to cancel 10 flights in Spain on Saturday.
Cabin crew will strike on July 12-15, 18-21 and 25-28 throughout the ten Spanish airports the place Ryanair operates, the unions mentioned in an announcement.
“The unions and crew of Ryanair … demand a change of angle from the airline,” they mentioned in an announcement, calling for Ryanair to renew negotiations over points together with cost of the minimal wage.
The unions additionally urged the federal government “to not permit Ryanair to violate labour laws and constitutional rights resembling the appropriate to strike”.
In an announcement on Saturday, Ryanair mentioned it anticipated “minimal (if any) disruption to its flight schedules in July on account of minor and poorly supported Spanish labour strikes”.
It added that “Air Site visitors Management (ATC) strikes and airport employees shortages throughout Europe (that are past Ryanair’s management) might nonetheless trigger some minor disruption and passengers whose flights are disrupted… will probably be notified by electronic mail/SMS.”
Ryanair cabin crew unions in Belgium, Spain, Portugal, France and Italy had taken strike motion in current days however the low-cost airline mentioned lower than 2% of its flights scheduled over final weekend had been affected.
Airline staff throughout Europe have been staging walkouts because the sector adapts to a resumption of journey after pandemic lockdowns have been lifted. Workers shortages have been blamed for prolonged delays and queues.
Spain-based cabin crew at easyJet are hanging for 9 days this month for greater pay. The airline cancelled 5 flights from Spain on Saturday.
Staff at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport went on strike on Friday and into Saturday, forcing cancellation of about 10% of flights.
In Portugal, additionally a prime vacation vacation spot, there are not any ongoing strikes however 65 flights to and from Lisbon have been anticipated to be cancelled on Saturday resulting from “a set of constraints at varied European airports”, mentioned airport administration firm ANA.
The Portuguese scenario has predominantly affected providers of airline TAP, which didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. Lengthy traces shaped at TAP’s help desk in Lisbon as annoyed passengers tried to both re-book or get a refund.
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