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Ryanair pilots are hanging in 5 Eu international locations, forcing the cancellation of a 6th of the firm’s flights throughout the holiday season peak.
The 24-hour stroll-out involves workforce in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands. About 50,000 passengers are understood to have been informed of cancellations on 400 flights.
The action is the most important in a chain of strikes over pay and conditions.
Ryanair says it has made each effort to resolve the dispute.
The Irish airline, Europe’s greatest low-cost service, prevented common moves sooner than Christmas by way of agreeing to recognise unions for the primary time in its 30-year historical past.
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The unions need the contracts of Ryanair staff to be governed through the regulations of the nation the place they are primarily based, not by way of Irish law.
Ryanair has described the strike action as “regrettable and unjustified”, claiming its pilots are paid more than different funds airlines.
It mentioned it has taken each step to minimise the disruption, adding: “the majority of consumers affected have already been re-accommodated on any other Ryanair flight.”
