Airport Airstrikes To Impact Ryanair, Easyjet And Wizz Air

Strikes successful Spain, Portugal, and Italy mightiness effect thousands of visitors complete nan weekend, peculiarly those flying connected awesome airlines specified arsenic EasyJet, Ryanair, British Airways, Wizz Air, Tui, Volotea, and ITA Airways, Euro News reported connected Thursday, July 31st.

Italy, nan caller agency reported, will beryllium deed pinch airdrome strikes this Saturday, affecting airlines specified arsenic Ryanair, EasyJet, Volotea and Wizz Air. Thousands of travellers could spot their summertime vacation dreams move into nightmares.

Airport workers successful Italy went connected onslaught for 4 hours past Saturday, July 26th, starring to dozens of formation delays and cancellations.  The workers demanded improved safety, amended moving conditions, and work-life balance, arsenic good arsenic nationalist statement renewals.

Strikes will proceed done August

The onslaught by workers astatine SPdH/Menzies, formerly Groundforce, began connected nan 26th and ended connected nan 29th astatine midnight. However, it is not complete yet because they will repetition their strikes during weekends successful August from nan 8th  to nan 11th, 15th to nan 18th, 22nd to nan 25th and from August 29th to September 1st.

Euro News said onslaught action is besides taking spot astatine airports crossed Spain and Portugal successful August, adding to nan imaginable recreation chaos.

While these upcoming strikes will undoubtedly origin inconveniences for thousands of holidaygoers, location are respective steps travellers tin return to minimise their impact.

For example, checking nan Italian Ministry of Transport’s website for charismatic onslaught accusation and latest updates, which tin beryllium recovered successful nan apical upper-right-hand area of their landing page. Travellers are besides advised to cheque their flight’s position earlier heading to nan airport.

Guaranteed flights and compensation

The Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) publishes a database of guaranteed flights, which vacationers could see arsenic an alternative. Flights to circumstantial islands, specified arsenic to and from Sardinia, Sicily and Lampedusa, do not usually participate successful strikes.

“Under EU Regulation 261/2004, erstwhile disruption to a passenger’s travel is caused by an airline’s ain employees, specified arsenic nan planned Volotea unit strike, passengers whitethorn beryllium eligible for compensation. This is because instances for illustration these are considered wrong nan airline’s responsibility,” Darina Kovacheva, caput of Legal astatine SkyRefund, said.

“Volotea passengers whose flights are either delayed aliases cancelled astatine short announcement owed to this business action whitethorn beryllium entitled to compensation of £250–£520 (€286.9-€453.2), based connected nan region of their flight,” Kovacheva said.

Although strikes successful Spain and Portugal already took spot this month, much are scheduled for August, though nan nonstop dates person not yet been reported. But arsenic soon arsenic they are, Euro Weekly News will beryllium nan spot to get each nan astir up-to-date accusation pinch accuracy.