Thousands of passengers are expected to suffer as Ryanair pilots have gone on coordinated 48-hour strikes in Belgium, Portugal and Spain on 25 and 26 July, forcing the airline to cancel more than 12 per cent of its flights.
The latest disruption comes as the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association, which is part of the Fórsa trade union, is in dispute with Ryanair over pay and conditions.
“These strikes are entirely unjustified and will achieve nothing other than to disrupt family holidays,” Ryanair clarified in a statement.
Update: Over 75% of our 50,000 customers whose flights on July 25th and 26th were cancelled due to a strike by some cabin crew in Belgium, Portugal and Spain, have been re-accommodated on alternative flights, or applied for full refunds.
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) July 19, 2018
Ryanair calls on FORSA to call off 24 July strike by less than 25% of our Irish pilots (over seniority & base transfer proposals which they can't explain and which don't even affect them): pic.twitter.com/OVse5kmgMi
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) July 19, 2018
The Irish airline added that it expected disruption to the travel plans of almost 50,000 customers as it would cancel up to 300 flights per day.
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