Italy Air Traffic Controller & Sector Strike Between 1 PM – 5 PM Monday November 25, 2019

Italy is facing two strikes on Monday, November 25, 2019, between 1 PM – 5 PM CET that will bring the air travel to a halt.

Air traffic controllers and select employee groups at the airports are striking simultaneously. Alitalia has released a list of canceled flights, and other airlines will likely trim their schedule as well.

You can access Alitalia’s page for strike information here.

Here’s the announcement from Alitalia:

Some Italian trade unions have confirmed for Monday 25 November a 4-hour air traffic controllers strike from 1 pm to 5 pm, as well as a 4-hour strike in the aviation sector at the same times. The airline was therefore forced to cancel some domestic and international flights scheduled for 25 November from 1 pm to 5 pm.

List of cancelled flights is available here.

Alitalia has taken special measures to mitigate customer inconvenience by operating bigger aircraft on domestic and international routes, in order to rebook passengers affected by cancellations onto the first available flights on the same day: 60 per cent of the involved travelers will fly on the same 25 November.

Alitalia invites all customers already holding tickets for travels on 25 November from 1 pm to 5 pm to check the status of their flights before going to the airport on alitalia.com website, or calling the airline at the toll-free number 800.65.00.55 (within Italy), at +39 06.65649 (from overseas), or contacting the travel agency where the ticket was bought.

Travelers affected by cancellation or schedule change of Alitalia flights on 25 November can rebook their travel at no additional cost or penalty, or ask for full ticket refund (only if the flight is cancelled or the delay on departure exceeds 5 hours) by 2 December.

Here are the canceled flights:

Conclusion

It is the strike season in Europe and there is also uncertainly surrounding the parties who are willing ro participate another incarnation of Alitalia after the government has pumped close to 10B euros into it over the past decade.

Passengers that are inconvenienced by this strike can ask operating airline to rebook them to their final destinations if Italy is only the transit point. The duty to care also applies but without delay compensation due to these strikes being beyond the airlines’ control.