Three aircrew unions called the strike on December 31 and January 1. British low-cost airline was “open to discussion and wants to find an appropriate solution.”
The new year is complicated ad for travelers who choose to fly on easyJet. While the strike of seafarers unions have had little impact on Dec. 26, with forty canceled flights, the low-cost British company has already announced the cancellation of 70 flights for the day of 31 December.
Easyjet “was informed of a strike led by the Commercial Personal Navigators (PNC), the National Union of Personnel Navigant (SNPNC) and the Union of Civil Aviation Navigators (UNAC ) of Wednesday, December 31 0:01 to 1 January 2015 11:59 p.m., “she said in a statement. The strike “will affect flights to and from France.”
The flights canceled for the day of December 31 are available on the website of the British company. 38 of them are from Paris, 20 flights from Lyon, Toulouse four, six and two Nice to Lille. Several flights were also rescheduled. “More than 1,200 flights will be operated by the company throughout the entire network” for the day, tempers easyjet that says do “everything possible to minimize the impact of the strike for passengers.” The full list on January 1 will be “broadcast in the shortest possible time,” she adds. The easyjet site still invites travelers to check the status of direct flights “before heading to the airport.”
The low-cost airline is committed “to finding a solution Proper fit with unions” and said he was “open to discussion”. The affected passengers will be “full refund or make a new reservation without charge to reorganize their trips,” added easyjet.
The company’s unions are demanding better management of schedules, greater profit sharing and the establishment of a contingency contract. To compensate for the lack of staff during the strike of 25 and 26 December, easyJet had appealed to crews from Great Britain, “on a voluntary basis.” A “how to break the strike,” Eric Cunnac, head of Unac.
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