All flights to and from Belgium’s Charleroi airport have been cancelled in the second day of a strike that commenced yesterday Thursday as wildcat action.
Charleroi is a major hub for Ryanair. Cancellations included FR046@13.30 from dublin airport and inbound FR047.
According to its website at least 87 flights were meant to depart from the airport on Friday and six of those would depart from Brussels Airport instead, about 70 km (44 miles) away.
The strike began as a wildcat action while labour union CNE was in the process of organising action they had announced last week.
The strike action affects baggage, check-in, and aircraft refuelling. Unions had announced the strike on September 4 to occur at the end of a 14-day warning period.
Unions and the airport have been in talks for months over improving employee working conditions.
Charleroi Airport said in a statement “a joint union strike has been announced at Charleroi airport. All flights scheduled for this Friday are cancelled. Passengers are advised to not go to the airport but to contact their airline.”
