A Ryanair strike leads to the cancellation of 22 flights between Spain and Belgium

by time news

2023-08-10 20:29:05

22 Ryanair flights to or from Spain have been canceled due to the strike that the pilots of this company have called at the Belgian airport in Charleroi (about 50 kilometers from Brussels) on August 14 and 15, as reported by the aerodrome itself on Thursday.

Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Malaga, Girona-Costa Brava, Castellón, Santander and Asturias are the Spanish airports with flights arriving or departing from Charleroi that have been affected by the cancellations of the Ryanair strike, the third of these characteristics organized in the last month.

Overall, the break on August 14 and 15 has canceled 88 flights that had been scheduled between Charleroi and other cities in the rest of Europe and Morocco, in a strike that, yes, will not affect the other Belgian airport, Zaventem, which is the largest in the country and the closest to Brussels.

For him Monday August 14, In total there are 10 suspended flights that connect with Spain: five that make a route departing from Charleroi and arriving in Barcelona, ​​Palma, Girona, Castellón, Santander and Asturias; and another five that make the reverse journey, originating from one of these airports and destined for Charleroi.

For him Holiday Tuesday of August 15, there are a total of 12 canceled flights: six that make a route departing from Charleroi and arriving in Barcelona, ​​Palma, Girona, Alicante, Malaga and Asturias; and another six more that make the opposite route, originating in each of these airports and destination Charleroi.

Other cities of origin or destination affected by the pilots’ strike are Lisbon, Rome, Venice, Marseille, Perpignan, Warsaw, Helsinki, Tetouan or Rabat.

According to the unions calling for the stoppage, the new protest on August 14 and 15 is a consequence of “Ryanair management intransigence”.

The Charleroi pilots denounce their working conditions, in particular they complain about the break times, and ask the Irish airline to recover the salary level prior to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

The two previous strikes took place on the weekends of July 15 and 16, which forced the cancellation 120 flights, and July 29 and 30, which was suspended until 96 routes.

This will be the first action that the pilots will carry out during the week, but it will coincide with the bridge of the Assumption which takes place in mid-August, when many travelers leave or return from vacation.

Despite numerous meetings to date between unions and Irish airline management, there is still no solution has been found.

According to the unions, Ryanair continues to change pilot schedules and breaks, contrary to a current collective bargaining agreement.

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