About 60 flights were canceled at Lisbon Airport on the final day of the strike by ground staff at Lisbon Airport, according to the national airport management agency ANA.
Portway ground handlers call for higher vacation pay and career opportunities. According to the ANA website, a total of 59 flights (31 arrivals and 28 departures) were canceled today at Lisbon Airport, the largest in the country.
A spokesman for the National Union of Civil Aviation Workers (SINTAC) said nearly 90% of Portway’s ground staff at Lisbon and Porto airports took part in the three-day strike. SINTAC expects 70-80 flights from Lisbon and 30-40 from Porto to be canceled today.
In neighboring Spain, Iberia Express, Iberia’s budget subsidiary, today canceled eight domestic flights and EasyJet canceled four international flights to Geneva and London.
Iberia Express flight attendants have announced a 10-day strike that will last until September 6, demanding wages. At EasyJet, pilots are on strike for the third time in August, demanding a return to their pre-pandemic working conditions and the resumption of negotiations on a new collective agreement.
Source: Kathimerini
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