Ryanair condemns Unite’s strike plans

Ryanair has condemned Unite’s latest airport staff strike in late August – which is timed during the peak summer travel period – to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of passengers and their families. 
 
If the strikes go ahead, Ryanair will be forced to cancel up to 300 flights per day at Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London Stansted airports disrupting the travel plans of up to 50,000 passengers each day of these unnecessary strikes. Ryanair will contact affected passengers directly and advises all passengers to check the status of their flight on ryanair.com. Passengers who have not had flights cancelled should report to airports as normal.
 
Ryanair is urging passengers affected by these cancellations to seek compensation directly from Unite.
 
Ryanair’s Daniel de Carvalho said:
 
“There is no justification for any strikes by Unite members at a time when traffic at BAA’s airports is falling and they are even less busy than they were last year.

“If the Unite union closes the BAA airports, then they should be told in no uncertain terms that pay freeze will immediately follow.”