9 flights canceled at Barcelona Airport on second day of Easyjet cabin crew strike

EasyJet has canceled nine flights at Barcelona Airport on the second day of strike action by cabin crew, according to the USO union.

The cancelations include two flights to Basel, two to Geneva, as well as flights to London, Berlin, Bristol, Lisbon, and Nice.

In total, 31 flights have been cancelled (62 if counting round trips) across the airline's four Spanish bases: five in Malaga, 13 in Palma, and four in Alacant (Alicante), in addition to the nine from Barcelona.

Cabin crew are demanding better wages and working conditions, and are calling for Spanish workers' salaries to be aligned with those in the rest of Europe.

The USO union says that EasyJet cabin crew in Spain earn just over €14,000, compared to €18,214 in Portugal, €43,516 in Switzerland, €19,086 in Italy, and €23,520 in the United Kingdom.

In a written statement shared with Catalan News, EasyJet says that they "take their responsibilities as employers very serious and hire all the personnel under local contracts, aligned with local legislation and the market practices," the text reads.

The company claims that due to these characteristics, "it is not possible to compare labor conditions between different markets," and regardless of the complaints by the union, they "continue to receive a high number of requests to be a member of EasyJet's cabin crew in Spain, which shows the competitive conditions offered by the company in the market."

EasyJet also canceled nine flights from Barcelona on Wednesday, the first day of the strike.