There were no EasyJet flights canceled from or to Spain on Saturday, during the new episode of the low-cost company's pilot strike, one of the unions behind the movement announced.
“
Between midnight and noon, this Saturday August 27, there were no cancellations in the middle of the strike by Easyjet pilots on the bases of Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and Malaga
”, indicated the Spanish union of pilots of the overhead lines (Sepla).
Easyjet's Spanish pilots began their movement on August 12, planning work stoppages every weekend from Friday to Sunday until the end of the month.
Since the start of their strike, 74 flights have had to be cancelled, specifies Sepla, which indicated that it had challenged the minimum services set by the government before the National Audience Court.
Restore pre-pandemic working conditions
The pilots are demanding the return to their working conditions before the Covid-19 pandemic and negotiations around the new collective agreement.
During the pandemic, they had accepted a pay cut to ensure the maintenance of "
[their] jobs but also the survival of the company itself in Spain
", explained the union on August 12, specifying that EasyJet had refused to restore their pre-pandemic working conditions.
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In the middle of the tourist season and the resumption of activity, this social movement is in addition to others engaged in other low cost companies since the beginning of the summer, such as Ryanair or Iberia Express.
The low-cost subsidiary of the Spanish company Iberia announced on Saturday the "
preventive
" cancellation of 28 national flights between Sunday and Wednesday due to a cabin crew strike scheduled to last ten days.
The company explained that it wanted to “
minimize the effects of this strike called by (the union) USO
” and that it was still assessing the situation for the continuation of the movement from September 1 to 6.