More than 500 flight cancellations expected during today’s Air Traffic Control Strike in Italy

– Four-hour strike will cause additional delays and extensive re-scheduling for passengers and airlines.
– Passengers should sign A4E petition to call on European policy-makers to finally take action.

Passengers flying to and from Italy, today, will see their travel plans disrupted due to another air traffic control (ATC) strike. The industrial action is expected to last at least 4 hours (13:00 till 17:00) with more than 500 flights being cancelled. Passengers will also face delays during the rest of the day when cancellations and delays will have a knock-on effect on other European flights. Airlines are doing their utmost to minimise the impact of the strike and return back to schedule as soon as possible, operate larger airplanes or help with rebookings. Some flights might be also rescheduled to avoid the strike period.

“Just days after a week of disruption in France this new strike will see hundreds of thousands of European citizens and businesses taken hostage by localized industrial action, again. There are solutions available which would limit the impact of such strikes on travellers and business, without questioning controllers’ fundamental right to strike –we just need courageous policy-makers in Europe to help implementing them, now”, said Thomas Reynaert, Managing Director of A4E.

“Travellers can unite and let out their frustration about the continuous travel disruptions supporting our petition ‘Keep Europe’s Skies open’. We cannot let these strikes continue into the holidays and the Summer break”, concluded Reynaert.

A4E’s petition can be signed under www.keepeuropesskiesopen.com