Ryanair faces a wave of strikes on Friday when German pilots join Irish, Belgian, Swedish and possibly Dutch colleagues on the picket line, forcing the cancellation of almost 400 flights...

The Netherlands union, VNV-Dutch Alpa, on Wednesday night announced plans to strike on Friday. However, it is understood that Ryanair intends taking legal action on Thursday to prevent this...

Ryanair’s chief marketing officer, said that the airline regretted the “unnecessary” strike. He pointed out that the company had sent VC [the German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit] a revised proposal on a collective labour agreement last Friday and that the union had not responded to an invitation to meet on Tuesday...

Members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) – part of trade union Fórsa – have accepted the company’s offer of mediation under industrial relations troubleshooter Kieran Mulvey. That process is due to begin next week.