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Michelle Cullen

Spain holidays: Ryanair update on strikes as thousands worry about flights in coming weeks

Hundreds of Irish passengers have experienced delays over the past month as airlines struggle to cope with staffing shortages, strikes and Covid related absences.

Almost 50 flights leaving and arriving at Dublin Airport were delayed on Monday as air travel disruption continues across Europe.

As a result, travellers have begun to worry that they may face significant delays when flighting out of Ireland and returning home.

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Strike action taken by Ryanair cabin crews across Europe has also added to the problem, as workers demanded better pay and work conditions.

However, Ryanair has said despite delays being reported in recent days, it expects no further disruptions to its 3,000 daily flights in August or September as a result of poorly supported strikes by two minority cabin crew unions in Spain.

Ryanair flight to Lisbon departs from Dublin Airport. (gettyimages.ie)

It added that it had already concluded a labour agreement with the main Spanish cabin crew union (the CCOO).

A Ryanair spokesperson said: "These two tiny unions who represent only a handful of our Spanish cabin crew have held a number of poorly supported "strikes" in June and July which have had little or no impact on Ryanair's flights to or from Spain.

"In July alone Ryanair operated over 3,000 daily flights and carried a record 16.8m passengers – many of them to/from Spain.

"Ryanair expects that these latest threatened strikes, which involve only a handful of our Spanish cabin crew, will have zero impact on our Spanish flights or schedules in August or September."

It added that while a small number of Ryanair flights in Spain were cancelled or delayed in July, this was primarily due to ATC strikes and flight delays.

The spokesperson said: "No flights were cancelled in July due to these unsuccessful and poorly supported strikes by these two minority unions (USO & SITCPLA) who represent only a small handful of Ryanair Spanish cabin crew.

"The vast majority of Ryanair's Spanish cabin crew are represented by the CCOO union who have already reached a labour agreement with Ryanair which covers most of our Spanish cabin crew."

Although strikes may not impact passengers' flights over the coming months, travellers are urged to check their flight's status before travelling to the airport as flight delays continue to affect passengers throughout Europe.

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