Category - Europe

7
Jan

Greece: Jan 8 strike to affect Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air

Flight cancellations due to the 24-hour strike of OSYPA personnel on Friday, January 8th 2016 Thursday, January 7th 2016 As a result of the 24-hour strike of the civil aviation authority personnel announced by the Federation of Associations of HCAA (OSYPA), AEGEAN and Olympic Air are being forced to cancel the domestic flights which were […]

5
Jan

Belgium: Strike by rail unions Jan. 6-7

Commuters in Belgium face travel disruption this week as rail unions will go on strike in protest at the government’s modernization plans. The industrial action on Wednesday and Thursday involves only the country’s French-speaking rail unions, after their Dutch-speaking comrades last week accepted a government offer to reopen talks. French-speaking unions took a tougher line […]

30
Dec

Belgium trains: strike threat Jan 6,7 2016

Labour Unions have announced possible strikes on the Belgian railway network on Wednesday 6and Thursday 7 January 2016. Other strikes (previously announced on 21, 22 and 23 January) have been cancelled. At this moment, it would be premature to make accurate and comprehensive forecasts on the impact of these strikes on the international rail traffic, if these strikes […]

21
Dec

Iceland: KEF closed on Dec. 25

Keflavík International Airport will be completely closed next Friday, Christmas Day, for one day only. Last Christmas the airport was open on the 25th thanks to one easyJet flight from and to Geneva in Switzerland. That was, in fact, the first Christmas Day that Keflavík International Airport had ever been open and Icelandic airlines never […]

9
Dec

France: Strike by four main train conductors union Dec 10-11

The U.S. Embassy in Paris informs U.S. citizens that representatives of the four main train conductors’ unions for the RER A have announced their intention to strike tomorrow, Thursday, December 10.  RATP officials say that delays on the RER A are likely to be severe, and it is possible that traffic on other lines will […]

9
Dec

Italy: strike update

Meridiana     Thursday, December 10, 2015   Some Meridiana personnel will be on strike for 4 hours, from 12:00 to 16:00. Please check with your ticket office whether this will affect your flight. Airport personnel   Thursday, December 10, 2015   Some airport personnel in Milan Airports will be on strike for 8 hours, from 10:00 to 18:00. Please […]