Freitag, 22. Januar 2010

Irish air traffic controllers strike to defend suspended colleagues

Irish air traffic controllers struck for four hours on Wednesday, leading to the cancellation of more than100 flights at the country’s three main airports, Dublin, Shannon and Cork.

Aer Lingus was forced to cancel 64 flights affecting 7,000 passengers and Ryanair cancelled 48 flights, with more than 6,000 passengers affected.

The strike was called by the IMPACT trade union against the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), following the suspension of 15 controllers who had refused to participate in “disputed new work practices.”

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