Italian airport workers to strike later this week
Ground staff at several major Italian airports are set strike later this week, prompting an alert from Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.
Workers at Bologna, Venice, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino airports will walk out from 1pm to 5pm on Friday (5 July), while staff at the Calabrian airports of Reggio Calabria, Lamezia Terme and Crotone will strike for a full 24 hours.
Airport authorities have warned passengers to expect delays and cancellations, and urged them to check the status of their flights with their airlines before heading to their departure airport.
“We inform our passengers that on Friday 5 July, due to a national air transport strike scheduled from 1pm to 5pm, scheduled flights may be delayed or cancelled and security procedures and normal passenger and aircraft handling procedures may be delayed,” said Venice airport.
“For information about your flight, please contact your airline, tour operator or travel agent.”
Italian flag carrier Ita Airways has cancelled 24 internal flights scheduled for Friday, including services between Bologna and Rome, as well as Milan and Reggio Calabria.
Meanwhile, Jet2.com, which operates flights from Birmingham and Manchester to Venice, told customers the industrial action would not impact its services.
“We wanted to let you know that we are aware of Industrial strike action taking place in Venice on 5 July 2024, supported by third party handling services,” Jet2 said.
“We are not expecting this action to have any significant impact to our flights arriving or departing from Venice and all Jet2.com flights are expected to depart as scheduled.
“Rest assured, in the event of flight disruption our dedicated operations teams are always working hard behind the scenes at our UK-based HQ to get you on your way as soon as possible.”
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