This Friday, TAP crew members are holding the second of a two-day strike called by the National Union of Portuguese Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC), due to the lack of agreement in the negotiations for a new company agreement.

On Thursday, TAP operated 117 flights until 5pm in Portugal, out of 148 scheduled, on the first day of the crew strike, according to the latest update from the Portuguese airline.

Due to the strike called by the National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC), TAP is operating with minimum services decreed by the arbitration court and the airline's partners.

"By 5pm, of the 148 flights scheduled for today [Thursday], TAP had already operated the 117 scheduled," the carrier said in a statement.

Of the 64 minimum service flights planned, "TAP has already operated the 54 planned" and "only one return flight to Guinea-Bissau was canceled, but due to a lack of passengers," the company continues.

For Friday, "another flight was canceled, to Praia, for the same reason," TAP points out, noting that today TAP flew to 51 destinations, including Washington, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Montreal, Natal, New York (JFK and Newark), Funchal, Munich, London (Heathrow and Gatwick), Salvador, Luanda, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Maputo.

"TAP deeply regrets the situation, which harms customers, the company and the country and remains, as always, available to negotiate with the SNPVAC, as well as with all the unions," it says, noting that it "accepted nine of the union's 14 proposals and asked for its general meeting to be brought forward to avoid the impact on the operation" of the airline.

The cabin crew strike notice "led TAP to cancel 360 flights, a decision taken with the protection of customers as a priority", and the company asked "its passengers in good time to rebook their flights voluntarily and all passengers were able to request rebooking or a refund".

In the statement, "TAP apologizes to all passengers for this situation and assures that everything is being done to minimize its impact and thanks the professionalism of all cabin crew included in the minimum services, as well as the efforts of all TAP employees involved in this operation."

The minimum services for the TAP cabin crew strike cover the autonomous regions, Portuguese-speaking countries and areas with Portuguese emigrants, according to a ruling published on Monday.