Pilots on Thursday approved an Easter strike, between April 7 and 10, to pressure the government to ratify the agreement signed with the Portuguese airline - TAP, which restores working conditions withdrawn in 2021, the pilots' union (SPAC) announced.

The strike was approved this evening at a pilots' assembly, as "the government is not committing itself to securing this agreement with the new management" of TAP, a source from the Civil Aviation Pilots' Union (SPAC) told Lusa, referring to the departure of TAP's current CEO at the end of this month and the entry of the new CEO, Luís Rodrigues, after mid-April.

"Until the government ratifies the proposal, we'll keep the strike going," said a source from the SPAc board, insisting that "the government has yet to approve" the proposal agreed between TAP, whose presidency is about to change, and SPAC.

The agreement between TAP and the union ensures that "working conditions that were withdrawn in the 2022 agreement will be restored", he said.

"Until the government ratifies the proposal, we'll keep the strike going," said a source from the SPAc board, insisting that "the government has yet to approve" the proposal agreed between TAP, whose presidency is about to change, and SPAC.

The agreement between TAP and the union ensures that "working conditions that were withdrawn in the 2022 agreement will be restored", he said.