Irish no-frills airline Ryanair plans to close its Frankfurt-Hahn base in Germany — and other hubs could follow after German pilots rejected pay cuts, it emerged on Wednesday.
Ryanair, which is seeking to axe 3,000 jobs due to a coronavirus-induced collapse in travel demand, revealed its plan in a memo sent Tuesday to Germany-based pilots.
The Dublin-based carrier blamed their trade union VC, whose members voted in favour of rejecting its proposed 20-percent pay cut over four years.
“VC wrote to us… (on Monday) confirming that, following a ballot of members, this emergency agreement on cost savings and job protection was rejected since only 49.4 percent voted in favour,” Ryanair said in the memo obtained by AFP on Wednesday.
