{"id":116065,"title":"EasyJet cancels over 200 flights to and from Portugal due to a cabin crew strike","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2024-08-14T16:14:49+00:00","modified":"2024-08-14T16:14:49+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/easyjet-cancels-over-200-flights-to-and-from-portugal-due-to-a-cabin-crew-strike/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/easyjet-cancels-over-200-flights-to-and-from-portugal-due-to-a-cabin-crew-strike.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/easyjet-cancels-over-200-flights-to-and-from-portugal-due-to-a-cabin-crew-strike.json","category":"Automobiles, Parts & Engineering","categories":["Automobiles, Parts & Engineering","B2B","Blogs","Business & Support Services","Technology","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"tags":["cabin crew","Easyjet","flights","Geneva","London","Luxembourg","Madeira","Portugal","SNPVAC union","strike"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EasyJet.webp?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"EasyJet has cancelled 232 out of the 1,138 flights to and from Portugal that were scheduled during a three-day strike by its cabin crew.\n\nThe budget airline’s cabin staff in the popular summer holiday destination will be on strike starting tomorrow.\n\nEasyJet Portugal informed Reuters that it had planned 1,138 flights over the next three days but had to cancel about one-fifth of them due to the strike.\n\nThe company stated:\n\n“We regret that, due to the unnecessary strike action planned by the SNPVAC union, and to minimize the impact on our customers’ travel plans, we have had to cancel some of the flights scheduled during the period of the collective action.”\n\nThe Portuguese government has mandated minimum services during the strike, which will include flights to Madeira, Geneva, Luxembourg, and London.\n\nEasyJet has 19 aircraft based in Portugal and employs over 800 people there."}