The airline preventively cancels 11% of its operations to avoid being affected by the strikes called by the Stavla union
flying has canceled a total of 64 flights scheduled for this Sunday, due to the cabin crew strike; 28 of these located at the El Prat airport in Barcelona. The airline plans to operate a total of 497 flights this Sunday, 89% of those initially scheduled, after preventively canceling part of the routes not protected by the minimum services decreed by the Ministry of Transport. The Stavla union, the majority among the crew, has called strikes every Friday, Sunday and Monday until January. A calendar of mobilizations that promises to affect the campaign of Christmas and in the operation I return.
In a statement, the IAG group airline states that 83% of flights (135 out of 163) will operate normally in Barcelona, that is, a total of 28 flights have been preventatively canceled due to the strikes. The Catalan capital is one of the towns most affected in terms of volume by crew strikes, as it is the main base of operations for Vueling throughout Spain.
In the rest of the country, the percentage of canceled flights is 9% (194 of 215 will operate) and internationally 8% (168 of 183 will operate). Vueling specifies that 94% of the customers affected by the cancellations have been relocated to other flights or have accepted an alternative proposed by the airline.
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Stavla has called a strike every Friday, Sunday and Monday between November and January 31, 2023, in addition to November 1 and the next December 6, 8, 24 and 31; and January 5. Vueling and the unions have been negotiating the fourth collective agreement for cabin crew since April.
Within this framework, Stavla, the majority among the 2,250 passenger cabin crew (TCP) of the company, demands a salary update of 13.4% for the year 2022. The company assures that it is unaffordable to grant this salary increase and adds that it is It would add to the 6.5% increase agreed with the CCOO in August -without Stavla’s agreement-.