Lack of staff, new weekend with flights cut: risk of paralysis for the whole of July
Another weekend of passion for air traffic, due to the cancellation of hundreds of flights between Europe and the United States due to staff shortages. At the turn of the summer holidays, thousands of passengers saw their departure go up in smoke or suffered inconvenience and delays at check-in. For weeks, numerous carriers have announced a cut in the number of flights due to the absence of an adequate number of workers to guarantee all scheduled departures.
After two years of the Covid pandemic, which has brought the accounts of air transport and its related industries to their knees, the lifting of most of the restrictions led to a massive resumption of travel. However, companies and airports are not always equipped to manage the recovery at full capacity. Yesterday several hundred flights were canceled in the United States due to staff shortages. While the Americans preparing to leave ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on July 4th, some 600 flights, both domestic and international, have been canceled and more than 2,500 have been delayed. It hadn’t gone better on Friday, when 587 flights were canceled.
The clash between Ryanair and trade unions
Another open front is that of union unrest in low cost airlines. Ryanair cabin crews based in Spain have scheduled a new 12-day strike in July to demand better working conditions. The unions Uso and Sictpla proclaim the state of agitation. The announcement came on the last day of the crew strike, which began Thursday, which today forced Ryanair to cancel 10 flights in Spain.
The new agitation foresees that the cabin crew will strike on 12-15 July, 18-21 July and 25-28 July in the 10 Spanish airports where Ryanair operates. The strike by the airport staff of the most important airport in France, Roissy – Charles de Gaulle in Paris, which began two days ago, does not stop either. Yesterday one in five flights were canceled, while yesterday 17% of arrivals and departures were canceled. The luggage lock also weighs. In fact, half of the passengers who left did not find their suitcases upon arrival.
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