ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal and Portway warned about possible interruptions in 22 airlines that operate in national airports, due to the strike in the airline company. drivingwhich begins this Friday and will run through Sunday.
In a note posted on their websites, the Vinci-owned national airport manager and the Vinci-owned ground handling company published a list of “airlines whose flights could be affected by the strike called by a union.” at the airline ground handling, between August 26 and 28.
The companies in question are Aegean, Air Canada, Air Transat, American Airlines, Blue Air, Brussels, Cabo Verde Airlines, Easyjet, Euroatlantic, European Air Transport, Eurowings, Finnair, Flyone, Latam, Luxair, Swiftair, Transavia, Transavia France, Tunisair, Turkish Airlines, Volotea and Wizzair. These companies use the services of Portway, and there is another driving In Portugal, to Groundforce.
Portway announced in the morning the possibility of limitations at domestic airportsdue to the strike called by the National Union of Civil Aviation Workers (SINTAC) for August 26, 27 and 28.
After the strike called by SINTAC – National Union of Civil Aviation Workers for August 26, 27 and 28, Portway warns of the possibility of confinements at national airports,” the ground handling company warned in a statement.
SINTAC called a strike at the ground handling company, at the airports of Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Funchal, starting at 00:00 on Friday and ending at 24:00 on Sunday, against the policy of “ confrontation and devaluation of workers through breaches of the Company Agreement, disciplinary confrontation, absence of salary updates, misrepresentation of performance evaluations that avoid salary progressions and bad faith in negotiations,” he said in a statement.
Portway lamented, in the statement sent, “the inconvenience that this situation may cause passengers.”
Taking into account the impact that the strike may have on airport operations, the company also advised travelers to confirm their flights with the airlines before going to the airports, with the references of the airlines affected by the strike being constantly updated. https:/ /www.portway.pt/pt/media/news/.
Source: Observadora
