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- A strike across Italy will keep airport security and baggage handlers out for 24 hours, making travel difficult for passengers tomorrow.
- The strike will affect Milan’s Malpensa and Linate airports, as well as other major Italian airports, including Rome Fiumicino and Venice Marco Polo.
- ITA Airlines, Italy’s leading airline, has already canceled 20 domestic flights, but will continue to operate basic essential services during the strike.
Traveling during the peak winter months is usually a challenge, but passengers planning trips to Italy tomorrow can expect difficulties due to a nationwide 24-hour strike by airport security and baggage handlers. Masu.
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The nationwide strike, called by union leaders representing baggage handlers at Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) and Linate Airport (LIN), will begin at midnight on January 8 and last until midnight on January 9. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, flag carrier ITA Airlines announced that its ground service employees has confirmed that he will be out for 24 hours starting Monday.
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The strike was initially called by union leaders representing baggage handlers at Milan Malpensa and Linate airports. Employees from Airport Handling, Swissport Italia, Mle-Bcube, Ags Handling and Aviapartner Handling will all take part in the strike. Nevertheless, the strike is not limited to Milan, as delays are expected across Italy’s busiest airport. Security staff at Rome Fiumicino Airport, Venice Marco Polo, Venice Trevison in Triveneto Sicrezza, ADR Security and ADR Assistance will also stop working from January 8th. In addition, ground staff belonging to trade unions Rekeep and Cft, who work at Florence Airport, will also be suspended. The strike will affect ground services and security operations at the following airports:
- Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)
- Milan Linate Airport (LIN)
- Milan Malpensa (MXP)
- Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport (FCO)
- Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)
- Venice Treviso Airport (TSF)
Nevertheless, operations at airports participating in the labor movement will not come to a complete halt, as Italian law requires minimal essential services to continue in the event of a strike. Therefore, flights scheduled for 07:00-10:00 local time and 18:00-21:00 local time will operate as scheduled. However, Italy’s National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) has not released a list of guaranteed flights.
On Thursday, January 4, Italy’s leading airline, ITA Airlines, announced through X Company that it was forced to cancel 20 domestic flights on Monday due to an impending strike. The airline posted the canceled flights on its website.
Strikes across Europe
Not only in Italy, but also other airport strikes across Europe are facing or will face strikes and disruptions in 2024. First, ground staff at Iberia, Spain’s flag carrier, went on strike from January 5th to January 8th. This resulted in the cancellation of more than 400 Italian Airlines flights. In the wake of the strike by the Spanish airline and its partners Iberia Express and Air Nostrum, the strike coincides with the feast of the Three Kings, which continues to be celebrated in much of Latin America and the Caribbean. It commemorates the glorification of the baby Jesus by the Three Wise Men and Los Tres Reyes Magos.
Iberia cancels flights in the face of employee strike
More than 400 Iberia, Iberia Express and Air Nostrum flights have been canceled ahead of this weekend’s four-day strike.
Flights at Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) were not affected, but flights at Valencia Airport (VLC), Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), Josep Talladeras Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN), and Seville Airport ( 29 other airports, including SVQ), were unaffected. Among other things.
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In Spain, private security guards led by Mr. Ilunion Seguridad at the Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) in southeastern Spain, from 8:45 a.m. local time to 9:45 a.m. local time and in the afternoon local time. They are on strike for two hours, from midnight to 5 p.m. 19:00 local time. The strike is being held over improved working conditions and compensation for security guards.
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