Ryanair plans to bypass strike with online check-ins

Ryanair has confirmed that it expects to operate a full schedule of flights to and from Stansted airport next weekend even if a proposed strike by Britain's general union GMB goes ahead.

A two-day Bank Holiday weekend strike is planned by baggage handlers and check-in staff at Stansted Airport. In an official strike ballot, 500 GMB members employed by Swissport rejected a pay offer and voted by three to one for industrial action to secure an improved offer.