Portugal’s TAP Cancels 360 Flights as Cabin Crews Eye Strike
- Cabin crew union SNPVAC has scheduled a strike for Dec. 8-9
- Protest to cost TAP about €8 million in revenue, CEO says
A TAP airliner at Lisbon International airport.
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Portugal’s state-owned airline TAP SA will cancel 360 flights during a two day cabin-crew strike scheduled for Dec. 8-9 after the carrier failed to reach a new agreement with unions.
“The cancellation of the flights is happening now,” Chief Executive Officer Christine Ourmieres-Widener said at a press conference in Lisbon on Wednesday. The strike will affect about half of TAP’s flights, or about 50,000 passengers during those two days, and result in about €8 million ($8.3 million) in lost revenue, she said.