TAP crew members must ensure a daily return flight to 12 of the main international destinations served by the company during the two-day strike scheduled for December 8 and 9 by the National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC). . The arbitral tribunal’s decision also determines that all return flights must be guaranteed directly to Portuguese territory, as well as three daily flights to the Azores and two to Madeira. However, the sentence does not clarify whether the starting point of these flights will always be Lisbon.
State and military flights will also have to be guaranteed.
According to the decision announced on the website of the Economic and Social Council, the Arbitration Court requested by TAP determines that of the three flights to the Azores, two are to São Miguel and one to Terceira. TAP’s international destinations include two daily flights to and from Brazil, one to Rio de Janeiro and the other to São Paulo.
On other routes, only one daily round trip flight per country is mentioned: Angola, France, Belgium, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. They are destinations with Portuguese communities and Portuguese-speaking countries that have communities residing in Portugal. The proximity of Christmas and the difficulty in finding alternatives to these routes were considered arguments.
This Monday, Ryanair announced in a statement that it will reinforce its offer on the routes affected by the cancellation of TAP flights due to the strike, specifically London, Brussels, Madeira, Ponta Delgada, Marseille from Lisbon and London, Madeira and Luxembourg from Port. . The Irish company assures that it has launched a rescue rate package of 49.99 euros to accommodate the “50,000 Portuguese citizens and visitors” who have been affected by the cancellations that TAP will have to make.
Source: Observadora