Dozens of new flights arriving and departing from the main Portuguese airports were canceled on Sunday due to a strike at the Portway baggage transport company, according to the unions and the company owned by the airport manager ANA, of the French group vinci.
On the third and last day of this social movement, called to demand salary increases, 69 flights were canceled at the Lisbon and Porto (north) airports, the Portway management reported in a statement.
Twenty companies affected
According to a report provided this Sunday to the media by the vice president of the National Union of Civil Aviation Workers (Sintac), Pedro Figueiredo, the movement caused a total of “at least 230 flights.”
Among the twenty companies affected by this social movement within the company Portway, a subsidiary of the airport manager ANA, the low-cost airline Easyjet was the most affected. The movement also caused disturbances at the airports of Funchal, on the island of Madeira, and Faro, in the tourist region of the Algarve (south).
The strikers demanded “an immediate salary increase” that would allow employees to “regain their purchasing power”, according to a union statement in which they accuse the company of hindering professional progression and not respecting labor legislation regarding the remuneration of employees. holidays.
Portway, which employs some 2,500 people, is 100% owned by ANA, a subsidiary of the French group Vinci, which in 2013 obtained the concession for the Portuguese airports. In its assessment of a strike described as “irresponsible”, the company lamented “the significant damage caused to passengers, companies and the Portway, which leaves this situation in a more fragile commercial and economic position”.
Source: BFM TV
