Lisbon airport canceled 200 flights when the strike began Reuters

Sergio Goncalves

Lisbon (Reuters)-On Saturday, 200 flights were cancelled at Lisbon Airport, and employees of the ground forces handling company carried out a two-day strike. The Portuguese airport management company (ANA) may cancel more before the end of the strike on Sunday evening. flight. ) Say.

A spokesperson for the Union of Airport Processing Technicians, which called the strike a strike, told local news agency Lusa that about 100% of the workers took part in the strike at Lisbon, the country’s busiest airport, on Saturday.

The strike had a huge impact on Portuguese flag company TAP, which uses Groundforce’s processing services, but did not affect low-cost companies.

The ground staff demanded that the processing company that is in serious financial trouble due to the coronavirus pandemic pay immediately and this year’s holiday pay.

All Nippon Airways CEO Thierry Ligonnière said that the strike mainly affects the operation of Lisbon Airport and has little effect on the remaining nine Portuguese airports.

“We still expect difficulties tomorrow and will gradually return to normal on Monday,” Ligonier told reporters.

Groundforce is 50.1% owned by the Portuguese company Pasogal, 49.9% by the Portuguese Aerospace Group, and 72.5% by the Portuguese Aerospace Group.

TAP offered to lend Groundforce the necessary money to pay its workers’ holiday wages, but the offer was rejected by the processing company.