March 17, 2023, Friday, promises to be a critical day for air travellers, following a general strike which it originated in Germany and spread as far as Italy, however presenting significant differences in duration depending on the trade union involved.
Variations in the duration of the strike between unions
The strike ranges from an outage only 4 hours which will involve the airport staff of the Pisa and Fiumicino airports, up to a 24-hour national and general protest action in all others.
Specifically, the unions Flati transport and services, Osr Cub transport and Cub, which represent service workers and security personnel at the airport of Milan Linatethey will cross their arms for 24 hours consecutive.
No adhesions have been communicated by trade unions of the other airports on the national territory, but it is presumable that there will be cascading delays even in the latter.
The strike time slots based on trade union acronyms
- Uilt-Uil Air Dolomiti staff from 13pm to 17pm
- Ugl-Ta Aviation services and aviation services assistance from 11 to 15
- Osp Filt Cigl-Cub – personnel who take care of the Pisa airport services from 10 to 14
- Cub transport and private work USB – Atitech staff in Rome Fiumicino from 13 to 17
- Osp Cub transport – staff of the Gh company in Catania from 10 to 14.
Strike hours according to airports
- Pisa: 4 hours
- Fiumicino: 4 hours
- Milan Linate: 24 hours
Guaranteed bands and flights
- state flights,
- military flights,
- emergency flights,
- medical flights,
- humanitarian flights,
- rescue flights
- all flights scheduled to depart in the time slots 7-10 and 18-21 (also charters),
- all charter flights to/from the islands (if authorized or notified before the strike was declared)
Guaranteed flights to the islands
- VOE 1135 Fiumicino-Olbia
- RYR 6282 Palermo-Verona
- AEZ 2553 Fiumicino-Alghero
- VOE 1578 Palermo-Naples
- EJU 2910 Olbia-Malpensa
- VLG 6865 Catania-Florence
- VOE 1134 Olbia-Fiumicino
- RYR 481 Verona-Cagliari
- VLG 6864 Florence-Catania
- RYR 6283 Verona-Palermo
- AEZ 2552 Alghero-Fiumicino
- VOE 1579 Naples-Palermo
- RYR 480 Cagliari-Verona
- EJU 2909 Malpensa-Olbia
Consequences for travellers
For example, the Ver.di trade union (“Union of Service Sector Unions”) has warned, in a press release, that passengers will have to prepare to longer waiting times and the cancellation of numerous flights.
It becomes plausible that the delays, as already mentioned, they will also cause inconvenience at other airports on the national territory.
Reasons for the strike
The reasons behind the protest are the demand for a wage increase and the improvement of working conditions for industry employees.
