CAIRO (AP) — Cairo airport officials are rushing to process a backlog of delayed flights and angry passengers following two days of labor strikes that disrupted travel and grounded planes. Officials say that more than 90 percent of flights of the national carrier are back on track.
Hossam Kamal, head of EgyptAir’s holding company, said in a statement that 114 international and domestic flights had left Cairo by late afternoon Sunday, including rescheduled flights. He expected departures to be back on schedule within hours.
Company officials are negotiating with EgyptAir cabin crews who staged a 12-hour strike Friday, protesting understaffing and bad working conditions. A day later, the company’s baggage handlers held a work slowdown, also complaining of understaffing.
The strikes caused chaos at the airport, with at least 30 international flights grounded.
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