Ryanair canceled 44 departing and arriving flights at theCharleroi airport (Brussels-South) the July 15 and 16due to belgian pilots strike Irish low cost.
More than 80% of the pilots stationed at Charleroi airport are on strike on Saturday and Sunday, according to the Belgian airport. But Ryanair says “be able to provide more than 60% of their programin Belgium using non-Belgian crews.
Belgian pilots’ unions criticize Ryanair for not wanting to respect a collective agreement providing for a certain number of days of rest in exchange for wage cuts of around 20% granted in 2020 at the time of the Covid-19 crisis. They accuse the Irish company of “thrive on social dumping” and of “create unfair competition» towards the other players in air transport in Belgium who «comply with the rules“.
Flights connecting Charleroi to Nime-Arles, Toulouse-Blagnac and Brive-Vallée de la Dordogne are cancelled. Charleroi airport publishes the list of 44 canceled flights on its website.
