Ryanair flights grounded as pilots strike in Ireland
London — Ryanair Holdings grounded dozens of flights on Thursday as pilots in its Irish home market walked out after failing to agree to new contracts as part of a move toward unionisation at the low-cost carrier giant. As of 6am local time, Dublin Airport’s website listed departures to 16 cities including London, Birmingham and Manchester, England, as canceled, with a similar number of arrivals also scrapped. Ryanair had said it would cancel up to 30 of its 290 flights at Irish airports during the 24-hour labour action. Ireland’s Fórsa trade union said on Twitter that its members at the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association began the walkout at 1am as planned. While the strike is the biggest Ryanair has had to face, the carrier said in a statement that the impact will be "limited", with all customers due to travel on affected services offered alternative flights, ferry bookings or a refund. The trips scrapped are all on short routes to the UK where the airline generally has multiple d...
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