Ryanair and Irish pilots end dispute
The dispute between Ryanair and its pilots in Ireland has come to an end after a deal was reached.
The agreement came after five days of strikes affected thousands of passengers this summer.
Members of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association, part of the Forsa union, voted unanimously to accept new working conditions.
Union spokesman Captain Joe May said: “After decades of declining terms and conditions, pilots in Ryanair have now firmly found a unified voice.
"When pilots are treated fairly and transparently by an airline, they will be motivated to contribute to their success.
“We would also like to thank Ryanair for their participation in the mediation process, Forsa officials and ICTU officials, in particular Patricia King and Liam Berney, for leading the talks on behalf of Ryanair pilots.”
Ryanair said it would now reconsider its plans to relocated aircraft from Dublin Airport to Poland.
"We will now bring this agreement to the board and will ask them reconsider their decision to rebase six aircraft away from Dublin this winter," it said.
"We expect that the board will meet to discuss this welcome development in the coming days."
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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