Vueling cancels 64 flights this Sunday due to the cabin crew strike

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  • The company will operate 90% of its flights throughout the month of December

Vueling will operate this Sunday, on a new day of the Stavla union strike, 495 flights, 89% of the 559 scheduled flights, since has preventively canceled 64 not protected by the minimum services scheduled for this day. 93% of customers affected by these cancellations have been relocated to other flights or have requested a voucher or refund, and 7% are still pending to choose an option, the airline reported this Saturday in a statement.

at the airport Barcelona82% of flights scheduled by Vueling will operate normally: 135 of the 165 scheduled. In the rest of Spain, 90% of scheduled flights will operate normally: 189 of the 209 scheduled. And internationally, 92% of the flights will operate normally: 171 of the 185 scheduled.

The whole month

The low-cost airline has canceled preemptively all flights until January 1 that you consider may be affected by the strike convened by the Stavla union, the majority in the cabin crew collective. Vueling sources have assured Efe that they estimate that from now until that day they will operate around 90% of flights scheduled at the beginning, and they have added that this measure has been taken to give security to their clients before the Christmas holidays.

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In this way, Vueling guarantees that, one month from now, all the flights that are currently on sale until January 1 are those that are scheduled to operate. In order to minimize the effects of Stavla’s strike,

The Stavla union is the convener of the strikes, which started on November 1 and are carried out every Friday, Sunday and Monday until January 31, 2023, in addition to the next 6, 8, 24 and 31 december; and January 5. Vueling and the unions have been negotiating the fourth collective agreement for cabin crew since April.

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