Around fifty Ryanair flights to and from Spain were canceled on Thursday and several hundred delayed on the fourth day of a strike by flight attendants and flight attendants in the middle of the tourist season. By 8 p.m. Thursday, the USO said 54 flights to or from Spain had been canceled and more than 300 had departed or were delayed.
The cancellations are due, according to the union, to “Lack of information on the minimum service organized by the company”.. The latter had not consolidated full crews, despite the minimum service set by the Ministry of Transport to consolidate up to 82% of flights to certain destinations. “right to strike” in“travelers’ interest”.
The social movement to demand better working conditions for the 1,900-strong staff in Spain began late last week and could last until July 2. In the period from June 24 to 26, in the conditions of full recovery of tourists, 129 flights were canceled in Spain. Ryanair prides itself on being the airline that carries the most passengers in the Spanish market, serving “More than 650 routesof the country’s 27 airports where it operates.
Strike in many European countries
The first part of the strike last week also involved employees of companies in other European countries: Portugal, Belgium, Italy and France. They demanded respect for labor laws and a pay rise, while the Irish company must perform better this summer than it did in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic.
For Ryanair, however, these are only “minor” disruptions, according to a company spokesman contacted on Thursday, who claimed that “Less than 3%” flights were affected by the social movement. “However, this is worrying and unions have deliberately undermined the Department of Transport’s implementation of minimum maintenance by instructing staff not to report affected flights.”assessed the company.
The Irish company’s strike from Friday will coincide with a strike by another low-cost airline, easyJet, where around 450 flight attendants and flight attendants are set to walk out on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 15th, 16th, 17th, 29th, 30th. July 31 to bring their working conditions in line with the rest of their cabin crew colleagues in Europe.
Source: Le Figaro
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