Brittany Ferry Strikes French ferry company
November 28, 2012 Came across this article today. Lesson learned. Couple leaving Santander were told to leave from Calais because of the strike. This involved a two day car trip, two nights hotel accommodation and cutting holiday essentially by two days.
Brittany Ferry paid for fuel, tolls and the P & O Ferry. Travel insurance company Ageas refused to pay for hotel!
Needless to say when reporter from This is Money called issue was quickly resolved.
Old news
19 November 2012 Roscoff port blocked by fishermen ships leaving from Brest instead.
Fleet is tied to ports and routes
suspended, until further notice!Hey Brittany Ferry management perhaps you should
get your act together. Belgian railway strike, this week. Will effect Eurostar. Perhaps you can make some extra money.
Who else is on strike today?
What's your airline up to?
Monday 1 October 2012 Update:-Hallelujah strike over.
Monday 1 October 2012 Sorry tales on Plymouth Herald
Sunday 30 September 2012 Southern Daily Echo has reported extra ferry crossings added.
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Saturday 29 September 2012 All parties met today. Workers ready to go back to work. Company will not start up again till workers sign a contract. Company now faces bankruptcy. Customers with car ferry tickets still being asked to go to Cherbourg and take rival ferry company.
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Tuesday 25 September, meetings held again today. Still no deal made. Company can not resume service.
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Monday 24 September Talks fruitless over the week-end. Strike still going on and company re-iterates don't call us.
Sunday 23 September 2012 Waiting for some new news from the meetings that were supposed to have taken place this week-end.
Lorry drivers point of view bbc
21 September 2012 8:30 PM tonight Brittany Ferry put out a press release. Poole to Cherbourg passengers service is running and is operated by Condors Ferry service. Brittany Ferry has been trying to contact you. Call them if they haven't contacted you yet. Talks with unions are planned this week-end
Brittany Ferry recommend you:-Just go, no need to call them. Just turn up with your booking ID.
Travel to Dover where they currently have special arrangements in place with P&O Ferries and MyFerryLink to accept Brittany Ferries tickets. Unused Brittany Ferries crossings will be refunded.
Myferrylink or call +44 1304 828 442
or
call 08716642121 for PO Ferries
If you are calling from outside of the UK please dial 0044 1304 863000 and select option 1. For MyFerryLink visit www.myferrylink.com
Air TravelFor your information. Just in case you have to positively be back and can't wait for the strike to end or you don't want to drive to Calais or take passenger ferry from Cherbourg.
Brittany has several airports. Some of flights may be seasonal?
Brest Bretagne Airport - City Jet to London City Airport or Flybe to Southampton and Birmingham International.
Rennes - St. Jacques Airport - You've got Flybe -Southampton, Exeter or Manchester airports. Ireland Aer Lingus- Aer Arann to Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports.
Quimper- Cornouaille Airport - BA's Cityflyer to London City Airport
Dinard Pleurtuit St. Malo Airport - You've got Ryanair to London Stansted, Nottingham/ East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford airports.
From Spain:-
Santander Airport Ryanair - London-Stansted, Edingburgh, Seasonal: Dublin
Bilbao Airport - Aer Lingus - Seasonal: Dublin, EasyJet - London-Stansted, Manchester.
Cork
Aer Lingus - Paris-Charles de Gaulle,
Ryanair Bordeaux, La Rochelle.
Poole nearest airport is Bournemouth. Ryanair but it's to southern France.
(Santander, Brittany ferry to Plymouth and Portsmouth)
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