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Pbadengers affected by Ryanair's hostess and steward strikes are not automatically entitled to financial compensation, a spokesman for the European Commission said Wednesday.
The award of an economic compensation should to be examined "on a case-by-case basis" and depends inter alia "on when the pbadenger was informed" of the strike.
A Ryanair cabin crew strike began on Wednesday with hundreds of canceled flights in Europe, while that the low-cost airline has implemented its threat to reduce its fleet in Ireland after a pilots strike. In Belgium, the staff of Brussels and Charleroi are strongly mobilized for this two-day strike which should affect 23,500 people.
The air carrier is obliged to offer another flight to persons whose connection has been canceled or to refund them in full their ticket. The right to additional financial compensation, between 250 and 600 euros depending on the distance, is however not automatic, said Wednesday the spokesman of the European Commission. "The decision on additional compensation must be decided on a case-by-case basis and under the control of the national legal authorities," he added.
The Belgian Minister of the Economy, Kris Peeters, has already asked the Economic Inspection to follow the case. The consumer organization Test-Achats said it would take legal action if the pbadengers are not compensated.
In the middle of a strike, Ryanair increases its threats on employment
The Irish airline Ryanair announced Wednesday a reduction of its fleet in Ireland after a strike of pilots, threatening 300 jobs, while his cabin crew was disengaging in several European countries.
The company puts and its threat to execute after warned Monday, against a backdrop of declining net profit, that strikes could force it to review its winter traffic forecasts with fewer aircraft and fewer jobs. [19659004] Ryanair will have only 24 planes in Dublin this winter against 30 so far, which could result in job losses for 100 pilots and 200 hostesses and stewards, said the group in a
Letters have been sent to these employees warning them that their services may no longer be necessary from October 28.
Ryanair incriminates the strike three days observed at the beginning of the week by its Irish pilots to claim better working conditions, considering that it caused a "reduction of the reservations".
The group however on the contrary "decided to to allocate more aircraft to markets where we are experiencing strong growth (such as Poland), "explains operations director Peter Bellew.
The frequency of flights from Dublin will be reduced and possible dismissals will be determined in particular by productivity and requests for transfers to other bases, says Ryanair, which plans to offer jobs in Poland.
The announcement of the group of Michael O'Leary, who continues to denounce the reasons for the strikes, coincides with the start of another, larger strike by cabin crew in Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy. [19659004] For Wednesday and Thursday, 600 flights were canceled, and 100,000 pbadengers reimbursed or badigned on other flights.
Apart from these cancellations, "all flights are operated normally today Ryanair says on Twitter.
In Spain, the most affected country, the strike started "without incident", according to a spokeswoman for the USO union. Madrid had demanded the establishment of a minimum service.
Labor Inspectors
Unions require the same working conditions for contract and temporary workers. They also ask Ryanair to apply the legislation of each of the countries where it employs staff, whereas the group intends to apply only the Irish legislation.
In Belgium, 80% of the personnel of cabin attached to Brussels airport was on strike according to the CNE union, which fears that Ryanair does not "break the strike".
A connection between Brussels and Berlin was thus ensured with a German crew , Germany not being affected by the movement, denounced the union.
In Portugal, where a third of flights were canceled Wednesday, agents of labor inspection were present in several airports to ensure that Ryanair will not use employees from other European bases to replace the strikers, according to the National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Attendants (SNPVAC), which denounced the problem at the previous he strike in Portugal.
In Spain, the union USO denounced on Twitter the summons of sailors on call "much more than a normal day" at the airport of Palma de Mallorca.
In Italy, where Ryanair admitted a cabin crew union at the beginning of June, the airline reported a "series of problems with flights, leading to cancellations", without specifying the number.
Faced with the threats of management, the Spanish unions had recalled that the company could hardly do without its activity in Spain, the second most important tourist destination in the world.
strikes have been increasing at Ryanair, since they had been virtually non-existent since its creation in the mid-1980s.
Ryanair has long refused to recognize unions but has taken a 180-degree turn end of last year in negotiations. Several agreements have been concluded, but discussions are still difficult in several countries.
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