RABAT, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Morocco's flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), cancelled Tuesday 12 more flights, the highest number of daily cancels since the airline's pilots started their partial strike on last Friday.
According to RAM's data published on its official website, the cancellations involve flights between Morocco's largest airport in Casablanca and airports in Tunisia, France and Spain.
Tensions between RAM and its pilots have intensified since Monday after bilateral talks ended up without an agreement.
For months, the pilots association has negotiated with Moroccan airlines' officials about the issues related to raising wages, providing an annual compensation and other social demands.
The pilots association said in a statement on Friday that a "heavy social climate" prevails over the company, adding that the situation was "exacerbated by 20 months of sterile social dialogue."
RAM Director Abdelhamid Addou has criticized in a letter to the association what he called "the absence of willingness to see the company's development," stressing that organizing a strike "will have devastating effect" on the company. Enditem
