Airport strike prompts cancellation of flights to and from Portugal's capital

A 3-day strike by workers at Lisbon airport led to the cancellation of several flights this weekend, with more likely before the action ends Sunday, the workers' union and Portuguese airport authority said. SINTAC union spokesman Fernando Simoes said 19 flights had been cancelled due to the strike, with 7 redirected to Faro airport in the south of Portugal. Portugal's airport authority's website showed more than 25 flights to and from the airport had been cancelled. Talks between SINTAC and Vinci Group-owned Portway, which employs workers at Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Funchal airports, broke down in December when the company said it would not unfreeze salaries. It had committed to do so by Nov 2019 when the freeze was implemented in 2016. <br/>