Ryanair to cancel flights as pilots strike for third time

Ryanair will today announce details of a further 16 flights which are to be cancelled next Tuesday due to a third 24-hour strike by a number of its pilots here.

The airline had given Fórsa trade union, of which the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association is a part, until 7pm last night to confirm that it would be calling off next Tuesday’s strike by directly employed pilots — who the airline claims make up just 25% of its Irish pilots.

With that confirmation failing to materialise, the cancellations announcement will go ahead today at the same time that the second day of strikes by the directly employed pilots goes ahead.