Strikes at Ryanair and Brussel Airlines disrupt European skies

Security guards at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport as Ryanair workers gather for a strike, June 24, 2022, in Madrid. OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP The European sky was slightly disturbed, Friday June 24, by a strike at Brussel Airlines and Ryanair on the occasion of the start of the summer season. Employees say they are under pressure in the face of the sudden resumption of air traffic. At Ryanair, several European unions of hostesses and stewards called to stop work from Friday in Spain, Portugal and Belgium, then from Saturday in Italy and France. In Belgium, this protest movement forced the Irish low-cost company to cancel 127 flights between Friday and Sunday departing from and arriving in Charleroi, where most of its activity is concentrated. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers The mess to come at European airports The company will only be able to provide at this airport between 30% and 40% of its planned activity, explained to Agence France-Presse ( AFP) a spokeswoman for Brussels South Charleroi Airport, the company that operates the airport. Struggle in Spain on the minimum service This social movement is coupled in Belgium with a strike at Brussels Airlines (Lufthansa group) scheduled until Saturday. The company announced earlier this week the cancellation of 315 flights at Brussels-Zaventem from Thursday to Saturday. In Portugal, the strike at Ryanair had a more limited impact, with two flights canceled only on Friday morning, according to the SNPVAC union. The movement should continue until Sunday. In Spain, where Ryanair employs 1,900 people, no flights have been canceled, except for connections with Belgium, the Irish company having engaged in a standoff with the unions on the question of minimum service. Read the column: Article reserved for our subscribers “The incredible just-in-time machine which has made it possible to democratize the plane is cracking up everywhere” The Spanish Ministry of Transport has, in fact, decided on Thursday to apply a minimum service ranging from up to 82% of flights to certain destinations, and says he wants to combine “the right to strike” with the “interest of travelers”. But, according to the unions, Ryanair has decided to go beyond these rules, by forcing employees to maintain 100% of its flights, which they intend to challenge in court. After Ryanair, a strike at EasyJet in Spain “The company informed employees that all flights were subject to minimum service, threatening them with disciplinary reprisals”, denounced before journalists Ernesto Iglesias, USO union representative at Ryanair. The Irish company “does not respect the law,” said the union official, who is calling for an improvement in working conditions, this group being the only one, according to the USO, not to have a collective agreement in Spain. In a statement sent to AFP, the company’s CEO, Eddie Wilson, said the strikers were “only looking for confrontation”, recalling having “signed an agreement” on wages and hours with another union. “We operate 2,500 flights a day. Most of these flights will continue to operate, even if a “Mickey” union goes on strike in Spain or if the Belgian cabin crew unions want to go on strike”, the company’s general manager, Michael O’Leary. In Spain, the strike at Ryanair – the leading company in terms of the number of passengers transported in the country – is due to continue until July 2, when the holidays begin in many European countries. It will be relayed from July 1 by a social movement within the British low-cost company EasyJet: the USO union has planned nine days of strike in one month at the airports of Barcelona, ​​Malaga and Majorca (Balearic Islands). Read our file Article reserved for our subscribers The disorganization of air transport annoys the tourist sector: “Cancelling flights en masse for lack of personnel means calling into question the goodwill” These strikes come at a time when air traffic has experienced a meteoric rebound in recent weeks, mainly in low-cost airlines, due to the lifting of most travel restrictions linked to Covid-19. This rapid restart has caused difficulties at many airports, and some companies are finding themselves forced to cancel flights due to a lack of staff. The World with AFP

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