Saturday, May 2, 2015

TAP: flights canceled because of the strike – Correio da Manhã

Pilots TAP strike began ten days

It is being affected by the strike TAP

14h51:.? The Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC), which convened ten days of strike, said that joining the strike in TAP and Portugalia up at 13.30 is higher than 70%, which contrasts with the company.

In a statement sent to the Lusa agency, the SPAC said that “the analysis of numbers, made the flight by flight direction, showed up at 13.30, which, excluding flights of minimum services of flights planned to from Lisbon and Porto were canceled 14, made 42 and of these only 29% with the initially set crew. “

” In other words, adherence [pilots] to strike is over 70%, ” concludes the direction of the SPAC, stressing that “membership is even more overwhelming than in Portugalia TAP”

13h15:. TAP has canceled 40 of 163 flights scheduled until at 12:30 the second day of the strike by pilots, performing about 75% of the operation, a value “clearly superior to the best forecasts.”

According to Lucy Knight, spokesman for the Portuguese Airline, were performed 123 flights, number covering the minimum services, but now does not have the mandatory return to base aircraft, which took place on the first day of downtime.

“There are more flights that are undertaking today, because they no longer There the effect of the return. The number of flights performed is clearly superior to the best forecasts for this day, “the responsible

8:40 a.m.:. TAP reported on Saturday that in the early hours of the second day strike of the pilots remains the tendency to carry out flights with more cancellations by the Portugalia, which affect the Porto airport.

“Today we have a panorama similar to yesterday [sexta- fair] with crews to come forward to the service for the realization of flights to various airports, “he told Lusa the spokesman for the Portuguese Air Carrier (TAP) Carina Correia.

Porto airport is most affected by cancellations, particularly flights operated by Portugalia, added the same source.


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flights scheduled to 17.00 of sexta- Monday, the first ten days of a strike called by the Trade Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SPAC), 69.75% were held, he revealed the spokesman TAP, Carina Correia.

According to the same source, “on flights operated by TAP equipment, 155 were performed and 31 canceled, while on flights Portugalia equipment took place 11 and 41 were canceled.”

In percentage terms, the TAP there were 83.3% of flights and in Portugalia, 21.1%, resulting in greater adherence to strike in Portugalia.

23h30: The Portuguese airline has made only 36% of scheduled flights, said the Union of Civil Aviation Pilots. Excluding flights of minimum services, the company made 36% of scheduled flights

21h10:. The leader of the Trade Union of Civil Aviation Pilots, Hélder Santinhos devalued the low adherence to strike, which said it was not against privatization, since it is particularly important to see the TAP “well managed” To the director, joining the strike just does not register higher numbers because some pilots “put individual interests ahead of collective interests

20h10:. “Pilots who came to work today did no favor to the Government,” said Minister of Economy, adding that “are genuinely concerned about the future of TAP. “Pires de Lima was speaking to journalists at the end of a meeting with the president of TAP, Fernando Pinto, and where was also present Secretary of State for Transport, Sérgio Silva Monteiro.


19:00: Of the flights scheduled to 17.00 on Friday, 69.75% were held, said the spokesman TAP, Carina Correia.

According to the same source, “on flights operated by TAP equipment, 155 were performed and 31 canceled, while on flights Portugalia equipment took place 11 and 41 were canceled “.

17:30: The president of the CDS-PP, Paulo Portas, today asked to “take the ideology of the economy” and thanked the pilots “who are doing TAP fly” in the first 10 days of strike, calling them “life-companies” instead of “strikebreakers”

17.00:. Economy Minister, António Pires de Lima, Secretary of State for Transport, Sérgio Silva Monteiro, and the president of TAP, Fernando Pinto, will meet this Friday at 19:30.

A press conference was scheduled for the end of the meeting at around 20h00

16h00:. The coordinator of the Left Catarina Martins Block said today “fundamental” stop the privatization of TAP.

“This Government has a mad rush to privatize,” he said, adding that “not enough for them” want to privatize the Portuguese airline, now also intend to do the same to the Oceanarium “.

13H42: The TAP spokeswoman Carina Correia, said today that many pilots are working on the first day of the strike, refusing to advance the accession numbers to protest, not to ” into a war of numbers. “

By refusing to provide numbers of joining the strike called by the Trade Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SPAC), the spokesman TAP admitted that” there are many pilots to report to the service, “which allowed for about 75% of the flights scheduled until 1200.

Dozens of flights with TAP canceled

” There is a significant percentage of the technical crew who came work today, “he told reporters on a swing on the first ten days of strike

13h22:. According to Carina Correia, a spokesman for the Portuguese Airline, 118 flights were performed , a figure that covers the minimum services and returns to Portugal. – also included in the minimum services

“We want to thank the riders who came to work today”, he declared the strike a balance made at Lisbon airport at 13:00 .

13h04: The Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC) said that joining the strike in TAP and Portugalia is being “quite interesting”, explaining that flights are being led mainly by managers.

towards the Fountain of SPAC told the Lusa agency that the first accession numbers to the shutdown are “very interesting”, given that “is the first day”, and adding in the coming days the strike will further disruption.

“Who is doing the flights are pilots linked to the direction of flight operation, which have limit time to fly, which will be reached in the coming days” , specified the same source

11:40:. Passengers today at Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto, are faced with the cancellation of their flights due to the strike by pilots of TAP , criticizing the company for “lack of information” and “bad driving situations.”

At 10.30 the Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto, the departures board indicated canceled four flights bound for Barcelona, ​​Rome, London and Lisbon. In total, nine flights were canceled since the early morning.

At the same time the queue for the service desk TAP had approximately fifty dissatisfied travelers for having to stay on land.

10:30: According to Carina Correia, a spokesman for the Portuguese Airline, were performed 52 flights, a number that covers the minimum services and returns to Portugal – also included in the minimum services without specify the number of calls carried out in this context.

“We will make this count ahead. Fortunately for the passengers no pilots to report for a duty,” he told Lusa the spokesman for the company, which make a new assessment of the strike by 13:00

10h41:. Ana Gomes was one of the passengers who today got ashore because of the strike called by the Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC) seeing itself forced to postpone plans for a long weekend in Brussels

9:04 a.m.:. A strike by TAP pilots caught off guard many passengers who wanted to fly this Friday Monday of Madrid to Lisbon or Porto, resulting in a line of 70 people towards the single point of the company for an explanation or alternative.

Greve ten days started at midnight
According to the spokesman of TAP, passengers on 21 flights canceled – passengers six of them had been contacted in advance – they are being followed by the services of TAP trying to find a solution that can undergo change flight, date or receive a ‘voucher’ with the amount paid, lasting a year.

Passengers whose flights were not canceled in advance do their ‘check in’ and usually head for the door boarding and only then have to confirm if the flight is to take place or not.

Dozens of flights with TAP canceled

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