Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (myth) determined the minimum services corresponding to the indefinite strike of Air Nostrum SA pilots, called by SEPLA (Spanish Airline Pilots Association), up to 90 percent for flights to islands and 65 percent for peninsula flights.
In this way, flights to and from non-peninsula areas covered by public service obligations must relocate 90% of passengers planning flights. “unchangeable character” weather mode for the mobility of non-peninsula regions.
Likewise, the same protection is provided on the subject routes. public service obligations Due to the special need to guarantee connectivity in the regions concerned, as stated in the statement made by the ministry.
On the other hand, in domestic flights 65% of passengers with a travel time of more than five hours by public transport and who plan to fly on international flights, shielded flights should allow for the relocation of 65%.
For domestic flights with a travel time of less than five hours by public transport, the minimum services that guarantee travel time are determined. displacement of 40% of passengers.
100% of people who are committed to emergency work are always protected, such as ambulance services, firefighters, organ transplants. National Transport System, surveillance, civil protection and rescue, etc.
The criterion for determining minimum services is based on establishing a percentage of the flights to be protected against the total number of scheduled flights at each of the affected airports, except where assessed, such as emergency operation flights. established 100% protection.
The percentage of flights to be protected is calculated using the occupancy factor of the company’s flights along with the number of passengers to be carried. every time a strike is called.
On the other hand, in order to take into account intermodal substitution, it is considered that if the distance to be traveled is exceeded, the aircraft cannot be efficiently replaced by public land transport. more than 500 kilometersmeans more than five hours of travel time, not forgetting that any alternative already has occupancy percentages from regular users.
“Continuous improvement” of minimum services
In this decision, the Ministry has introduced a special section explaining the development of minimum service decisions.in accordance with the differing statements of different jurisdictions on some previous decisions and other amendments aimed at clarifying as much as possible the interpretation of the decision”. They assured that this measure responds to “the spirit of transparency and continuous improvement being pursued”.
Thus, for each airport affected by the strike, granular protection is established compared to the procedure used previously, which creates an average protection for: set of affected airports.
Regarding domestic flights to or from non-peninsula regions, 100% pre-applied protectiondisplacement of 90% of passengers is determined.
And in universal postal and perishable goods transport services — among which transport of drugs and medical supplies, transport of live animals and exiles and coffins–, no protection will be applied to strikes that occur in short time frames.
In addition, flights not covered by the protection are also determined. Departure and destination at airports outside the Spanish territory. While the resolution does not allow the use of certain practices, such as crewed aircraft charters or joint operations, that could limit the organizers’ right to strike.
As an annex to the decision, the list of flights planned by the company, limit flights potentially affected by the solution.
Finally, the reasons why the state authority may leave the execution and implementation of the minimum services predetermined in the decision to the company are explained, “always through objective criteria in continuous improvement, both because case law allows it, and for practical reasons”.