The Cape Verdean airline (TACV) announced this Thursday the cancellation of six flights to and from Lisbon due to the strike of the handling company, which starts on Friday and lasts until Sunday.
Given the strike of the operator Handling Portway at Lisbon airport from August 26 to 28, Cabo Verde Airlines flights during this period will be canceled due to lack of ground assistance,” said TACV, which operates under the trade name Cabo Green Airlines (CVA). ).
Among the affected flights there are two on Friday, one being Praia-Lisbon and the other Lisbon-Sal, the same two on Saturday, one being Sal-Lisboa and the other Lisbon-Praia, while two flights will also be canceled on Sunday, one being Praia -Lisbon and a Lisbon-São Vicente.
The Cape Verdean state company assured that since Monday, August 29, it has been making efforts to protect affected passengers.
“All passengers will be notified about protection flights via telephone and email addresses, so they should not show up at the airport,” the company requested.
The National Union of Civil Aviation Workers (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 00 :00 hours on Monday.
The strike goes against the policy of “confrontation and devaluation of workers for consecutive 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 indicated. the union in a statement.
ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal and Portway warned this Thursday to possible interruptions to 22 airlines operating in national airportsincluding Cape Verde Airlines.
In March 2019, the State of Cape Verde sold 51% of TACV for 1.3 million euros to Lofleidir Cabo Verde, a company 70% owned by Loftleidir Icelandic EHF (Islandair group, which owned 36% of Cape Verde Airlines) and 30% by Icelandic entrepreneurs with experience in the aviation sector (who took over the remaining 15% of the 51% privatized).
However, after the paralysis of the company during the covid-19 pandemic, the Cape Verdean State assumed the position of 51% in TACV on July 6, 2021, alleging several breaches in management, and immediately dissolved the governing bodies.
On November 26, Loftleidir Cabo Verde announced that it had initiated an arbitration process against the Cape Verdean State, alleging “violation of the agreements concluded between the parties”, with a view to the renationalization of the flag carrier TACV.
Source: Observadora
