The first day of the Ryanair cabin crew (TCP) strike has not affected any flights with Lanzarote this Friday and no major incidents are expected in the coming days.
So far, only flights departing from Belgium have been canceled, since no minimum services have been established in that country, according to the Trade Union. Thus, different flights between Spain and Belgium have been affected, which has no connections with Lanzarote.
The strike began this Friday, June 24 and will be repeated on June 25, 26 and 30 and on July 1 and 2. "We are studying with our legal services more measures against both the company and the Ministry," warns the USO-Ryanair spokesperson.
It should be noted that these are European-level strike days, since workers from countries such as Belgium, Portugal, France and Italy are also joining these protests, which demand better conditions for a total of 2,700 crew members of the airline in five countries.
"Abusive" minimum services
In any case, Ryanair flights have been protected by the Spanish Ministry of Transport with minimum services at the state level. Specifically, between 73% and 82% of scheduled flights, depending on the base, that connect the peninsula with the islands must be carried out.
Likewise, domestic and international routes will also have similar protection, as long as the duration of flights abroad is longer than five hours. Finally, for routes that can be done in less time using other means of transport, they are shielded with 36% of minimum services.
Transport has recalled that Ryanair "is the company that transports the most passengers in the Spanish market, with an offer that exceeded 650 routes from Spain in 2021."
However, the USO and Sitcpla unions warn that the Government "has violated their rights", with "abusive" minimum services. In addition, they also inform the Irish low cost that "it is manifestly failing to comply with the decree of minimum services issued by the Ministry", after learning the list of affected flights.
"The legal services of USO and Sitcpla have compared one by one the flights selected by Ryanair with the official schedule verified by Aena and this implies having the obligation to operate 100% of the flights," adds the Trade Union Confederation in a statement.
