TAP has 66% of flights until the end of the morning – publico

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
                         

The TAP has canceled 76 flights and operated 145 up to 12:30 hours, a total of 221 flights that were scheduled, according to company figures.

                     

                         “The Sabbath is a day that traditionally there are more movements at airports, and to the 12:30 hours in Lisbon, of a universe of 221 flights, TAP has canceled 76 flights and operated 145 flights,” he told Lusa agency spokeswoman Lucy Knight.

This is the penultimate day of the strike ten days called by the pilots of the Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SPAC), and is one in which there are more movements in airports, so that “the configuration operation is slightly different, “according to Lucy Knight. In some of the canceled flights, passengers were rerouted to other flights of the company, some still on Saturday, others have on Sunday. In other cases, passengers were forwarded to flights of other airlines. “Some of these flights are called circular, by passing through more than one destination to carry passengers,” explained the spokesman.

The balance up to 12:30 hours allows TAP to say that the strike is ” in line, in terms of percent operation “with previous days.

The strike, made when the Government seeks buyer for most of the airline’s capital, claims the right of drivers to part of the company (between 10% and 20%) and the return of wage supplements.