Almost 400 Ryanair flights scheduled for Friday have been grounded because of pilot strikes.
Employees in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands are staging a 24-hour walkout over pay and conditions.
The Irish airline, Europe’s largest by passenger numbers, said 396 flights were cancelled, which could affect more than 74,000 passengers.
Ryanair said it had informed customers as early as possible about the changes, but some said they had been given little notice.
jzff(@jzf_f) #ryanair cancelled my flight in the last min because of pilots strike. They offer me to change my tickets online which it’s not possible because of their system crash. Noone is on the phone and livechat. They even don’t do a refund. Ryanair is an headache pic.twitter.com/JXdHjSiMru August 9, 2018
jzff(@jzf_f)
#ryanair cancelled my flight in the last min because of pilots strike. They offer me to change my tickets online which it’s not possible because of their system crash. Noone is on the phone and livechat. They even don’t do a refund. Ryanair is an headache pic.twitter.com/JXdHjSiMru
August 9, 2018
Karen Millar wrote: “Many thanks to Ryanair for cancelling my flight home and ensuring all the de-stressing I have done on this trip is cancelled out in an instant.”
Others said they had to pay for extra nights in hotels and booking flights with other airlines.
mo@chuuew While #Ryanair is trending I can join in. @Ryanair cancelled my wife’s flight for today and refunded. However, they won’t refund her return flight which is booked for tomorrow as the “ticket is still usable”?? “We know you can’t get there but you can at least get back” 9:49 AM – Aug 10, 2018 23 See mo’s other Tweets
While #Ryanair is trending I can join in. @Ryanair cancelled my wife’s flight for today and refunded. However, they won’t refund her return flight which is booked for tomorrow as the “ticket is still usable”?? “We know you can’t get there but you can at least get back”
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Ryanair declined to provide a list of affected flights, but earlier this week, it said 250 flights to or from Germany would not take off on Friday. The airline posted on its website last week that in Ireland, where Ryanair said 25% of pilots were striking for the fifth time, 20 flights would be cancelled.
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