Praia, July 24, 2024 (Lusa) - The pilots of Cabo Verde's public airline (TACV) 's international flights suspended on Wednesday the six-day strike they had announced would start this week after reaching an agreement with the company's management.

‘The strike has been suspended,’ announced the president of the National Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SNPAC), Edmilson Aguiar, after a meeting with company leaders and government representatives in Praia, mediated by Cabo Verde's General Directorate of Labour (DGT).

The union official said that the parties had agreed on nine demands, with commitments to resolve others.

‘And we hope that everything is resolved for the good of the company and the good of the pilots,’ said Aguiar.

The new president of TACV, Pedro Barros, stressed the understanding with the pilots and said that the company ‘is willing to meet the deadlines’ agreed.

‘There is every willingness to comply,’ he insisted, but warned that TACV has “chronic cash flow problems”.

The pilots of Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde (TACV) 's international flights had given notice of a strike between 27 July and 1 August.

In April, the 32 professionals had also announced a six-day strike but reached an agreement with the company and called it off.

The pilots demanded issues related to operational safety, delays in processing salaries, the lack of a safety programme, protection of health and hygiene at work, a reduction in allowances, cancellation of medical appointments, and salary increases.

TACV, which operates under the trade name Cabo Verde Airlines (CVA), operates international flights to Portugal, France, and Italy and plans to resume connections with the United States later this year.

In February, it rented two ATR aircraft to save the domestic routes after the concessionaire Bestfly left the country. However, despite an overall improvement in service, there are still several complaints about shortcomings in the operation.

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