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Ryanair to scrap 250 flights over German pilot strike Friday
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Aug 8, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Ryanair said it will cancel 250
flights to and from Germany on Friday after German pilots announced they were
joining Europe-wide strikes against the carrier, in a spiralling row over pay
and conditions.
The carrier had already axed 146 out of some 2,400 scheduled flights across
Europe because of strikes planned by Irish, Belgian and Swedish pilots on
Friday.
Speaking at a press conference in Frankfurt, Ryanair’s chief marketing
officer Kenny Jacobs said the airline regretted the “unnecessary strike
action”.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1806 hrs