Ryanair customers are facing chaos next week as pilots plan to strike for two days.
Pilots at the airline have voted to strike for two days in a move that is likely to cause widespread disruption.
Irish pilots for the budget airline will walk out from their jobs on August 22 and 23.
The strike will start at a minute past midnight on August 22.
Ryanair pilots , members of the Irish Airline Pilots' Association (IALPA) served strike notice on the company this evening, and said pilots would notify the company of further strike days in due course.
A strike in 2018 by Ryanair staff saw more 250 flights cancelled and widespread disruption. 35,000 passengers were affected.
The move comes after 94% of directly-employed Ryanair pilots voted to back industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay, working conditions and related issues.
Management at the airline are sitting down with representatives from the Fórsa trade union in a meeting mediated by Kieran Mulvey, RTE said.
Fórsa is the parent union of the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (IALPA), which represents 180 Dublin-based pilots who are directly employed by Ryanair .
The airline’s chief people officer Eddie Wilson said: “Ryanair pilots who are already among the best paid workers in Ireland are now threatening to disrupt the holiday travel plans of thousands of customers over the coming weeks."
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