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Thousands of travellers hit as pilot strike forces Ryanair to cancel flights

10th August 2018

Ryanair has been forced to cancel around 400 flights today as pilots go on strike across Europe. Pilots in five countries are currently taking industrial action, affecting around 50,000 passengers during the peak of the summer holiday season. The 24-hour walk-out involves staff in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands. The action is the […]

Lufthansa pilot strike continues

24th November 2016

Pilots working for Lufthansa have extended their strike for a second time, with hundreds of short-haul flights likely to be grounded on Friday November 25. The main pilots’ unions, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), had already extended Wednesday’s planned single-day strike to Thursday. So far the strike has led to the cancellation of 1,800 flights, including many […]