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Iberia to be hit by more pilot strikes
Iberia has cancelled some of its scheduled flights between Heathrow and Madrid over the next week as it is hit by another wave of strikes by its pilots.
Pilots are set to walk out on Wednesday, Friday and next Monday (January 25, 27 and 30) in an ongoing dispute about the setting up of a new Spanish no-frills airline Iberia Express by parent firm International Airlines Group, which also owns British Airways.
Iberia is cancelling four of its eight scheduled Heathrow-Madrid flights on January 25 while three flights on the route have been axed on January 27 and 30. The pilots, who are members of the SEPLA union, went on strike for two days in December and another two days earlier this month.
“Iberia will facilitate changes in tickets and refunds to affected customers and will do everything possible to place them on other Iberia flights, flights operated by other airlines, or alternative means of transport,” said the airline in a statement.
But Iberia has agreed a new deal with two unions representing its 16,000 ground crew who were threatening to hold a series of strikes from next month over the same issue. Ground crew had been planning to walk out on every Monday and Friday for an indefinite period.
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UPDATE
Madrid, January 25, 2012
PRESS RELEASE
IBERIA REACHES AGREEMENT WITH CABIN CREW UNIONS
Two-year extension of employment guarantees amid concern over creation of new "Iberia Express" airline unit, plus a commitment to make temporary hires permanent, as established in the union contract signed in 2010
Iberia management and the Sitcpla, CTA, UGT and CCOO unions representing the airline's flight attendants today reached an agreement on a two-year extension of employment guarantees and the transformation of some temporary hires into permanent ones, allaying employees' concerns over the impact on their jobs of the new Iberia Express airline unit.
Union representatives praised the accord, which must be submitted to workers' assemblies for ratification this week.
Under the agreement, Iberia will extend its employment guarantees until December 31, 2014, and pledges to extend them for an additional year on condition that a new collective bargaining agreement is signed before the end of 2014. The employment guarantees apply to permanent cabin staff and to 108 temporary staff who are to be made permanent in 2012.
The company also promises to make other temporary cabin staff permanent between March, 2013 and March, 2014.
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