Italian Air Traffic Control Strike 2018
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2015 ENAV Italian air traffic control 49% up for sale.
We have some updates for you, that might effect your travel plans.
Italian air traffic control will be on strike 8 May, 2018 from, local time,
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Several strikes are planned for Thursday 8 March 2018. This will include Italian air traffic control between the hours of 1pm - 5pm. Expect delays in public transportation nationwide. Alitalia workers will strike intermittently throughout the day follow along Easy Travel Report
13 DECEMBER :-UPDATE ITALIAN TAXI STRIKE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Italian nationwide taxi strike is planned for Thursday, 14 December, 2017. Expect traffic jams around city centers, railway stations, ports and airports. Strike hours 8am - 10pm
Italian air traffic control strike, yet again between 1pm and 5pm. Airport workers nationwide are striking for 24 hours. You must see our front page for the rest of the workers making your travel the pits that day Easy Travel Report such as rail and Alitalia
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Yes it's another air traffic control strike Friday 27 October 2017 between the hours of 1pm -5pm. A general strike will be going on so have a lot of patience. Follow along with us Easy Travel Report and call your airline.
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Italian air traffic control strike is planned for July 5, 2017 1pm - 5pm has been cancelled and now planned for 26 July 2017, same time and same place.
Italian Air Traffic Control Strike
Update:-Air traffic control strike has been taken down for June 16th. Other aviation strikes still in place. Call your airline.
If you are flying to Rome, Leonardo Express will be running full schedule.
An Italian public transportation strike will take place June 16, 2017 includes, rail, buses, metro and aviation workers. Will be a bad day to travel in, around and to Italy. Follow along for the horrible information Easy Travel Report
Local public transport will run in early am stopping at 9am. Back in service so commuters can get from 5pm - 9pm.
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Following day, Monday 29th May, 2017 is a taxi and truck driver strike Easy Travel Report
Attention this strike was cancelled.
An Italian air traffic control strike is planned for Sunday, 28 May, 2017 between the hours of 10am and 6pm? Your flight could be delayed, cancelled or brought forward.
follow along with us, more news out 26th 11am
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Update:20 April, 2017 Italian air traffic control strike that was planned for tomorrow, 21 April, 2017 has been cancelled along with all other aviation related strikes ie baggage handlers and airlines. You are safe to travel. Lucky you.
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It's not Italian air traffic control (this time)
Italian Taxi Strike - Nationwide
Rome and Milan expected to be hit hard by taxi strike
Tomorrow Italian taxi drivers will strike 8am to 10pm. BAD news for commuters extra traffic on road.
Demonstration in Rome, Madonna di Loreto square 9am - 2pm. Major disruption is expected in Rome and Milan several thousand participants expected.
Drivers will meet with government officials today 5pm.
Enav Strike
Italian Air Traffic Control Strike
Monday, 20 March 2017 Italian air traffic control strike 1pm - 5pm (local time) is on. Your flight could be brought forward, delayed or worse cancelled. Call your airline. Expect knock on effect, flights will be back to normal following day. Other airport workers will be on strike that day, not known what the effect will be, likely to involve baggage handling.
Update:-Monday 20th We have a bit more information about the airport workers strike. The 24 hour strike started at 00.01 hrs Flights between the hours of 7am and 10am will leave as with flights from 6 - 9pm.
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February 23, 2017 Black day for air travel in Italy follow along with us
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January 2017 All's quiet this year so far, except for some Alitalia strikes
Strike actions are being planned for July 23, 2016
Aviation Strikes
Strike actions are being planned for July 23, 2016
Update:-21 July 2016 Good news, Italian air traffic control strike has been cancelled. Strike has been deferred to another date yet to be announced.
Olbia airport Sardinia, strike is still on however .
Rome
Perhaps you also need to know on Tuesday 26 July 2016 Be prepared not to get around Rome. A 24 hour public transportation strike is planned effecting Metro, buses, trolley buses, trams, regional railways Rome-Lido, Rome-Civita- Viterbo and Terms- Centocelle. This strike also includes the ticket office, Metroferroviarie Lines elevators, escalators and stairlifts.
Minimal service will be in effect. Transportation will run till 8:30 am and start up again 5:30pm - 8:30pm.
Expect traffic jams, shortage of taxi's.
Old Strikes
Still time for this to change.
Air traffic control and airports from 0800-1600 UTC.
Ciampino from 0800-1600 UTC
Several aviation strikes are planned for the 5th July. Add to this the French general strike, Barcelona airport go slow, Venice Airport see
Italian Aviation Strikes
Saturday April 9, 2016
Italian Air traffic control strike 10 am to 6pm
Alitalia flights from Rome’s airports.
Italian Air Traffic Control Strike 2016
Be ready, General strike is planned for Friday March 18, 2016. Good day to change your travel plans before everyone else does.
Italian air traffic control strike
Strike is planned for November 24, 2015 between the hours of 1pm and 5pm local time (just in time for American Thanksgiving travel plans, Thursday the 26th)
By law a certain percentage of flights must leave. Italian government will tell airlines the percentage of flights to come and go.
Your flight will be delayed, canceled or brought forward. Call your airline. It's not just air traffic control, other aviation unions across the country will strike that day. Bad day over all Italian airports. (Remember, Italian strikes are notorious for canceling strikes at the day before)
Puglia Region
Bari and Brindisi Airports ground workers will strike November 24, from 11am - 3pm
Aviapartner Baggage Handlers
Rome's Ciampino and Fiumicino Airports will walk out between the hours of 1pm and 5pm on November 24th.
Ciampino
Venice Airport
Marco Polo Airport Aviapartner baggage handlers will walk out from 1pm - 5pm see Marco Polo Strike
Old strike for 2015
Italian air traffic control strike is planned for Saturday, October 24, 2015
between the hours of 1pm - 5pm (local time). Your flight will be delayed, canceled or brought forward. Call your airline. It's not just air traffic control, other aviation unions across the country will strike that day. Bad day over all Italian airports. (Remember, Italian strikes are notorious for canceling strikes at the day before) Stay in the know www.easytravelreport.com
Old strikes for 2015
Update:-19 September 2015 Italian air traffic control strike has been cancelled - lucky you!
Italian air traffic control strike is planned for Tuesday, September 22, 2015
between the hours of 1pm - 5pm (local time). Your flight will be delayed, canceled or brought forward. Call your airline. It's not just air traffic control, other aviation unions across the country will strike that day. Bad day over all Italian airports.
Old strikes for 2015
12 July 2015 Good news Italian aviation strikes planned for 14 July 2015 have been cancelled.
Italian Aviation strikes are planned for Tuesday July 14, 2015
8 May, 2015 Rome Fiumicino Airport has had a fire in Terminal 3. Airport asking airlines to cut back flights by 50%. This is likely to go on for several weeks. Terminal is all but written off.
4 May, 2015 This week you will see strikes at Italian airports. It's not air traffic control this time Easy Travel Report You may need to know TAP Airlines - Portugal and German rail strike this week
Old strikes
Update:-Friday 17 April 2015 Great news today. Enav call off Italian air traffic control strike for 21 April, 2015.
Italian air traffic control strike is planned for Tuesday, 21 April, 2015 from 1pm - 5pm. Your flight will likely be brought forward cancelled or delayed. As strikes go it's not very long. Still that doesn't make you feel any better does it. This has been on the books for a while. Your airline should be contacting you.
Alitalia flights likely to take the brunt of the strike action.
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Old strikes for 2015
Update:-Thursday 19 March 2015. Sorry to tell you this air traffic control strike is still on, has NOT been cancelled. These are all local times. Strikes going on the same day Alitalia and Lufthansa airlines. If it cancels we will post it ASAP, but don't count on it. Italian airline Meridiana Fly has cancelled strike action. (they must have just woken up to the fact that flights will be grounded)
26 January, 2015 Two Italian air traffic control strikes you should be ready for. Flights will be grounded if these strikes go ahead.
17, February, 2015 1-5pm
and
20 March, 2015 from 10 am - 6 pm.
and added recently -
Tuesday, 21 April, 2015 from 1pm - 5pm
7 May, 2015 will see an Alitalia pilot strike - 24 hours.
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Last strike
Update Thursday, 15 January, 2015 :-Air traffic control strike is still on tomorrow. Rome's Fiumicino Airport baggage handlers may join in at the same time. Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways cancel flights.
Italian air traffic control strike is planned between the hours of 1 - 5 pm, four hours on Friday, 16 January 2015, local time.
Again Italian air traffic control will strike
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 1 - 5 pm.
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Italian air traffic control strike
Controllers will strike 1 pm - 5 pm local time Friday 12 December. It’s going to be a mess. Long hauls, short hauls and domestic flights will be grounded.
In general flights will be not be normal till Sunday.
Alitalia Strike
Workers will strike from Noon - 4 pm.
As this is a general strike airport workers baggage handlers, ramp workers etc will be striking from 10 am - 6 pm.
Call your airline. Chances are you will be cancelled or brought forward or delayed.
You don’t want to be traveling around Italy that day. Call work, stay an extra day.
Monuments and museums likely to be closed.
Italian trains will strike all weekend.
Taxi’s will be hard to find, extra traffic on roads causing traffic jams, occasional road blocks.
Public transportation strike October 25, 2014 see our front page
23 October, 2014 Italian Transportation strike planned for tomorrow ETR
Air traffic control strike planned 14 November 2014 1-4 pm has been cancelled.
Several other Italian aviation strikes are planned that day. Follow along with us Easy Travel Report. Still time for this strike to be cancelled.
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Saturday 27 September, 2014 Same day as strike was deferred a new strike by Italian air traffic control was announced. Deferred Friday,
14 November, 2014
Thursday, 25 September Excellent news. Yesterday, ENAV announce strike has been cancelled.
Tuesday, 23 September, 2014 Air France strike is still on going. Italian air traffic control strike is still on.
18 September 2014 Italian air traffic control strike is still on. No news to the contrary. Have you been contacted by your airline yet or travel agent?
10 September 2014 Italian air traffic controllers (ENAV the big guns) strike planned for 27 September 2014 10 am to 6 pm local time. This time union chooses a Saturday to have more devastating effect. Strike length is long with potential to cause massive flight delays lasting till Sunday evening. Flights might not even get back to normal till Monday am. Expect your flight to be cancelled, moved up or delayed. Have a plan B for hotel accommodation. Long hauls will probably go, by law a minimal service must be in effect.
Other Italian aviation workers joining in this strike. Alghero - Riviera del Corallo - Airport in Sardinia will close from 11 am - 3 pm. Ryanair passengers to take the biggest hit. Ryanair has several flights leaving from this airport. Other airports in Sardinia Olbia in the northeast and Cagliari in the south.
We will be on top of this to see if it cancels and who else is going to join in ie: an airport or Alitalia.
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Old industrial actions in Italy 2014
Italian air traffic controllers strike
Techno Sky Strike
Update:-14 September, 2014 Yesterday was the Techno Sky strike. We never heard a peep. Perhaps this strike was cancelled or Techno Sky runs a well oiled machine.
An ENAV (Italian air traffic control) company "Techno Sky" will strike 13, September 2014, nationwide, 24 hours.
Techno Sky is in charge:- per website:-is responsible for the management, servicing and maintenance of equipment and systems used for the national air traffic control, ensuring full availability and full operational efficiency without interruption.
(Not sure what effect this strike will have. Two other strikes earlier in the year were both cancelled)
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Rome Ciampino Airport workers to strike Saturday, 6, September, 2014 12:30 lunch time - 4:30pm.
Also two Italian air traffic control unions have a strike planned for the same time. Won't effect long-hauls.
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17 July 2014 Good news. Air traffic control strike that was planned for Sunday, 20 July 2014 has been cancelled. Sadly other aviation strikes will take place on that day.
See cgsse need translator.
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12 July 2014 Another Italian air traffic control strike is being planned from 8am - 4pm local time on Sunday July, 20, 2014. Call your airline. Check back strike might be cancelled.
Old industrial actions
10 June 2014 Italian air traffic control strike planned for tomorrow has been cancelled. Leave early to your airport, European wide taxi strike is planned for tomorrow. Airports, major road arteries and train stations will likely to be blocked.
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Back again!
Italian air traffic control will strike Friday May 16, 2014. Italian air space will be closed for one hour 2-3pm local time. Call your airline for details.
Italian air traffic control strike planned for May 3, 2014. Still time to get cancelled. This strike has been re-scheduled to June 11, 2014
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Italian air traffic controllers to strike nationwide, 30 March 2014 from 1030 am to 2:30pm. Strike was cancelled.
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Update:-11 March 2014 Strike planned for the 23 March, 2014 has been revoked.
Two strikes are planned.
Sunday, 23 March, 2014, 4 hour strike, nationwide, 1-5pm.
Sunday, 30th March, another 4 hour strike planned 12:30 - 4:30pm.
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Alitalia cutting back flights and are asking passengers to check flight status.
Update:- Milan taxi strike postponed
till Thursday, March 13th.
Milan fashion week February 19-24
Milan taxi drivers will have a protest Thursday, 20th February. Make plans if flying into Linate, Malpensa Airports or Milan train station. Thousands of buyers and journalists in town. Milan's Chamber of Commerce hoping to change drivers minds.
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Italian EasyJet Strike
Italian EasyJet strike, nationwide, 24 hours, Friday, 7th March, 2014. Expect flights to be manned by foreign workers, no flights cancelled but you might be delayed. Change your flight before everyone else wakes up. This was announced January 28th. EasyJet
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5th March 2014 an ENAV company "Techno Sky" will strike from noon to 4:30pm. Not sure what effect a strike will have. per website:-is responsible for the management, servicing and maintenance of equipment and systems used for the national air traffic control, ensuring full availability and full operational efficiency without interruption.
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Italian air traffic control strike
Italian air traffic control strike planned 21st February, 2014 has been revoked (again) and is now planned for Sunday, March 23rd 1pm - 5 pm.
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Italian air traffic control (ENAV)29 January 2014 Heads up, added to the mix wildcat strike by Linate airport taxi drivers, effecting airport and Milan train station. Malpensa might be getting affected as well.
Italian air traffic control strike Noon to 4pm on Wednesday, 29th January and
Thursday 30th January 2pm to 2:15pm. (Why bother? Guessing a pro Single Sky Bigwig will be in the air)
Update:-Italian Air Traffic Control Strike
Heads up, this strike has again been postponed till Friday, February 21st, 2014.
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Back again. After numerous cancellations, Italians are starting 2014 off with a bang. Italian air traffic control (ENAV) strike is planned for Wednesday, 8, January, 2014.
Also planned for the same day Italian baggage handlers strike (Groundcare) at Rome's Fiumicino and Ciampino airport's.
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Old industrial actions for 2013
Friday, 15 November 2013 Good news. Italian air traffic control strike planned for next week has been revoked for the second time this year.
Italian Air Traffic Controllers 1-5pm, November 22, 2013.
Even so it will not be easy flying to and from Italy, airport workers, airport management, catering etc will be striking. Strike is to effect all Italian airports. Call your airline. Follow our front page for updates Easy Travel Report
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Old Industrial Action for 2013
October Air traffic control strike was cancelled. They will be back.
Italian air traffic control strike planned for October 18. Same day as an Italian general strike is planned. Call your airline.
6 PM. Minimal service might be in effect.
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August 19, 2013 Italian air traffic control strike planned Thursday October 10, 2013 from 1PM-5PM (local time)
Still early yet, strike might be revoked. We will be updating this page. In the mean time follow along on our home page for other Italian strikes.
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Announced August 21, 2013 Palermo's air traffic control also threaten strike action October 18, 2013 from 1PM - 2PM. Same day as a general strike is planned.
