Flights at Paphos International Airport were back to normal shortly before noon yesterday ,after an impromptu strike by employees of the ground handling company Swissport disrupted 16 flights and inconvenienced 3000 passengers.
The dispute erupted after Swissport notified its Paphos Airport staff that 10 people had to be made redundant and that shifts would change so that those would handle the work durıng the busy hours.
‘We concluded our dialogue with the company this morning and the strike which stsrted on Wednesday ended today, after Swissport committed to not going ahead with staff redundancies and said we would continue our dialogue ın the next few days.
‘The company claimed ıt had suffered a reduction ın turnover and we argued that it needed its entire staff. Therefore there was a disagreement between the two sides’ .
‘The strike action which started yesterday at Paphos International Airport has now ended Consequently, from this moment, the flight programme of the airport is now back to normal’, said Hermes airports communications director Adamos Aspris.
‘Hermes Airports wishes to Express its regret again to passengers fort he difficulties and inconvenience they suffered as a result of yesterday’s impromptu strike by employess of the ground handling firm Swissport,’ he added.
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