Some holiday flights between the UK and Portugal are affected (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Getty Images)
EasyJet has announced a wave of holiday flight cancellations to and from Portugal ahead of a cabin crew strike over work conditions.
The budge airline which operates flights to some of the most popular holiday hotspots across Europe has axed 232 flights over the next three days.
It comes after EasyJet cabin crew announced a three-day strike action in Portugal from Thursday.
EasyJet operates flights to and from Lisbon, Porto, Porto Santo, Faro and Madeira Funchal airports in the country.
EasyJet has more than 800 staff in Portugal (Picture: Jozsef Soos/Getty Images)
Now 27 return flights between the UK and Portugal have been axed ahead of the industrial action, a spokesperson told Metro.co.uk.
A spokesperson for EasyJet said: ‘We are extremely disappointed with this needless strike action, especially at this important time of the year for our customers.
‘Our priority has been to try and minimise the impact of this strike action on our customers, which included cancelling some flights in advance in order to allow them to rearrange their travel plans.
‘Customers whose flight has been affected have already been contacted a number of days ago with their options to rebook or receive a refund.’
‘We also advise customers travelling to and from Portugal on 15, 16 and 17 August to check the status of their flights on the easyJet Flight Tracker.’
The local civil aviation personnel union SNPVAC said the reasons for the strike include a lack of roster stability, insufficient staffing and pressure to work overtime for commercial reasons, Reuters reports.
However, only some flights to and from the country are affected – 232 out of 1,138 tom and from Portugal were axed.
EasyJet was ordered to operate minimum service during the strike, including flights to London, Madeira, Geneva, and Luxembourg after a decree by the Portuguese government, the outlet reports.
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