The cabin crew of the Portuguese airline TAP will go on a seven-day strike next week.

The combat measure for the period from January 25 to 31, 2023, which had already been announced in December, was confirmed today at a general meeting of the flight attendants' union SNPVAC. A new proposal by the company management was rejected with a large majority, as announced by TAP and SNPVAC. The carrier accepted 14 out of XNUMX demands, a union spokesman said. Among other things, the cabin crew is demanding more money and better working conditions.

TAP said the strike will result in the cancellation of 1.316 flights and will affect around 156.000 passengers. The costs incurred would amount to at least 48 million euros. Founded in 1945, Portugal's largest airline has around 6.600 employees - around 2.000 fewer than before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The company was last in the black in 2017. In 2020 and 2021 there were record losses of 1,2 billion and 1,6 billion euros.