Strike at Menzies canceled 20 flights in Lisbon and arrived at Porto for the first time. Threat of pump on plane from SATA was fake alarm.
A greve this Saturday of the Workers of the SPdH/Menzies (formerly Groundforce) caused “some delays” and the cancellation of 20 flights at Lisbon airport, the Ana – Airports of Portugal has advanced to Lusa.
“Due to the strike at Menzies (` handling`), so far, they have occurred Some delays and 20 canceled flights (10 arrivals and 10 matches) in Humberto Delgado Airport“Since the source of the airport manager.
Ana advises passengers with flights operated by Menzies, a company responsible for scale assistance services, to previously contact the respective airline to confirm the state of the flight before heading to the airport.
In the middle of the morning, the leader of the Metallurgical and related Industries Union (Sima) Carlos Araújo stressed that the strike mobilized “for the first time in at least 10 years”, employees of Porto Airport.
“On the Porto scale, 10 years ago there was no strikes and people strike,” he emphasized.
Carlos Araújo also anticipated that this Saturday are even more flights from only passengers, without luggage or load, after the 25 when this happened until 18:00 on Friday.
In a statement, the Union also accused SPDH/Menzies of being “flagling the right to strike” to try to “neutralize the effects of stoppage”, using “illegal practices” such as “forced anticipation of shifts and working days”, “substitution of strikers by temporary work companies” and “abusive reorganization of scales”.
“The Sima is collecting evidence of these illegalities and will submit formal complaints to the authority for work conditions (ACT) and the Public Prosecution Service, requiring the accountability of Menzies/SPDH leaders,” he says.
Called by Simima and the Transport Union (ST), the protest started at 00:00 Friday and extended until 24:00 on Monday.
It is the first of five four -day strikes marked for weekends until early September.
In August, strike periods are scheduled for 8 to 11, 15 to 18, 22 to 25 and 29 August to 1 September.
Between AS claims Of the workers are the end of base salaries below the national minimum wage, the payment of night hours, better salary conditions and the maintenance of access to the parking park in the same way.
The arbitral tribunal determined minimum For assistance to all flights related to critical safety situations, emergency, military, state, and TAP flights at `night-Stop` on a European scale, as well as regular connections between Lisbon and the Azores and Madeira, and between Porto and the Archipelagos.
Bomb
A threat of bomb on a sata plane Azores Airlines, which forced an emergency landing at Lisbon airport, was “False alarm”, said the Azorean company.
“Following this false alarm, Two passengers were arrested For interrogation, on suspicion of responsibility in the communication of the threat, ”said Sata Azores Airlines, in a statement released at 15:30.
Faced with this communication of the airline, the Lusa agency again questioned the Public Security Police (PSP), which was no use any information.
According to Sata Azores Airlines, the bomb threat that led to the divergence of Flight S4 504, which this morning was calling center Pontan of the Delgada in Bilbagua (Spain), “was not validated by the competent authorities after a strict inspection to the aircraft and luggage.”
At this time, the airline said it awaits the end of the process so that “the aircraft can resume the operation as soon as possible”, and is monitoring and assisting passengers affected by this occurrence.
Before, at 14:40, the Azorean company had already informed that the flight had been diverted to Lisbon airportwhere it landed safely, around 12:00.
As provided for in the security protocol, “the aircraft was sent to an isolated and secure zone” at Lisbon airport, “allowing the quiet and safe landing of all passengers and crew”.
In this same statement, SATA AZORES AIRLINES indicated that the impact In the operation today is circumscribed flight From and to Bilbau, keeping the remaining operation as planned.
The company also stressed that the safety of passengers and employees “is the absolute priority”, lamenting the embarrassment that this situation may have caused, “totally alien to the company.”
At 15:00, the PSP told Lusa that “the steps are still being formalized,” without advanced if it has been a false bomb threat, nor if work in the place is still taking place.
The Lisbon Firefighter Sapadores Regiment said it had received an alert at 12:32 and mobilized means for the site.
In a note sent to Lusa, Ana – Airports of Portugal confirmed that the flight of SATA, originating in Ponta Delgada and destination to Bilbau, declared emergency And he landed safely at Humberto Delgado airport, noting that “all means appropriate to this situation have been triggered.”
Despite this situation, the Lisbon Airport guaranteed the “continuation of the operation”added Ana, referring more information to the competent authorities, including the PSP.
