Strike at Ryanair and Iberia Express: 6 cancellations and 234 delays | Transport – Hosteltur: Tourism news

In the new day of stoppages this Thursday of cabin crews, strike at Ryanair and strike at Iberia Express simultaneously, the Irish low cost has increased the number of delays, between 9:00 and 19:00, of 24 to 232 in his 10 Spanish bases, but without cancellations. The Iberia subsidiary had already canceled six flights for yesterday, before the start of the stoppages, while announcing a plan until September 6 for relocations, free changes and bonuses or refunds. It has also recorded two delays. The six cancellations correspond to Iberia Express, which has preemptively canceled three round-trip flights connecting Madrid with Palma de Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Santiago de Compostela, on the fifth day of the strike out of the ten called by USO. As for the delays, 232 have occurred in the Ryanair operation and only two, in Tenerife Sur and Madrid, in that of Iberia’s low-cost subsidiary, according to the social part, although the Spanish company recognizes only one only flight with a delay of more than 15 minutes “for operational reasons totally unrelated to the strike”. Iberia Express has also pointed out that 98% of the customers affected by the cancellations have already been relocated to other flights or alternative means of transport and the remaining 2% have requested a change of date or route, voucher, refund or is pending. to choose the option that best suits you. The airline plans to operate 95 flights today (94% of those scheduled), of which, until 4:00 p.m., it has operated 59 and that have passed “without incidents related to the strike” and with a punctual departure from 98.3%, has added Iberia Express. Ryanair, for its part, has not canceled any flight, but has accumulated 232 delays, 102 of them in departures and 130 in arrivals, with Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona-El Prat and Madrid being the most affected airports, with a total of 51 , 44 and 29, respectively, have reported USO. However, the Irish airline has assured today that its 3,000 daily flights this week “have not been affected by the small, barely seconded, cabin crew strikes carried out by two small Spanish cabin crew unions (USO and Sitcpla) for 4 days, from Monday, August 29 to Thursday, September 1”. More information about the ongoing strikes: – Calendar of airline strikes in summer and autumn 2022 – These are the flights canceled by Iberia Express until Friday – Ryanair strike: there will be stoppages for five months until January