Ryanair cancels flights in Portugal after strike

Ryanair cabin crew held a third 1-day strike in Portugal over worker rights Wednesday, prompting 11 flight cancellations and a govt promise to investigate alleged violations. Inspectors from the Authority for Labour Conditions were monitoring the strike in the state’s main airports in Lisbon, Porto and Faro, labour minister Jose Vieira da Silva said. The SNPVAC cabin crew union said 11 Ryanair flights to and from Portugal were cancelled in the morning after some 90% of the 330 crew personnel in Portugal joined the strike. But the carrier said the majority of Portuguese crews were working normally and only a small number of early flights had been cancelled or delayed. It planned to operate its full schedule through the rest of the day. <br/>