Fourteen international flights with departure or destination Spain were canceled on Friday due to the strike of the pilots of the Easyjet company in the country, one of the unions announced before the call for the movement. This strike joins other social movements initiated by other companies since the beginning of the summer, in the midst of the tourist season and the resumption of activity after the Covid-19 pandemic. Spanish Easyjet pilots have scheduled work stoppages every weekend in August from Friday to Sunday.
A total of 14 cancellations were registered until noon (13:30 Spanish time), reported the Spanish union of airline pilots (Sepla). Six of the affected flights had departure or arrival in Barcelona while another eight had destination or origin in Palma de Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands. Last week, the weekend strike resulted in 36 cancellations. The pilots demand the return of their pre-pandemic working conditions and new negotiations around the new collective agreement.
Limited impact for Ryanair
At the height of the high tourist season, this Easyjet strike comes on top of the ongoing strike by flight crew at another low-cost airline, Ireland’s Ryanair, which has so far had a limited impact with more delays than cancellations. Added to this is the social movement of Iberia Express cabin crew – a low-cost subsidiary of the Spanish company – which should last ten days from August 28 to September 6, according to the USO union (Union Syndicale Ouvrière).
Source: BFM TV
