Strikes affecting Belgian airports in 2016

[sn26567]

One French ATC Union called a National strike (all French ACC and airports) from 1700utc on 14th Sept until 0400utc on 16th Sept.

Strike impact is unknown at this stage.

An NM teleconference will be organised as soon as more details are provided by DSNA.

Source: Eurocontrol

[sn26567]

One French ATC Union called a National strike (all French ACC and airports) from 1700utc on 14th Sept until 0400utc on 16th Sept.

The summary of DSNA French Strike Conference from Tuesday 13th of September

Paris ACC: Minimum service expected mainly in the East.
Reims ACC: No problems expected in the East.
Brest ACC: Possible disruptions expected in the morning period.
Bordeaux ACC: Possible disruptions expected during the morning, improvements are foreseen for the afternoon.
Marseille ACC: Minimum service expected during the night of 14th/15th, then no major issues expected for the 15th .

Airports:
LFPG and LFPO (Charles de Gaulle and Orly): No capacity reduction expected, but some ground delays might arise due to the en-route sectors congestion.
LFPG, LFPO and LFOB ( Paris- Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Beauvais) : A 15% reduction of schedules were requested to airlines which have more than 7 flights to/ from these aerodromes. The rescheduled program needs to be submitted before 14th of september at noon.
LFMN and LFSB (Nice and Bale-Mulhouse): No problems expected.
LFBO (Toulouse): the situation is not known for the night 14th/15th, no issues expected for 15th.
LFML (Marseille): No issues expected during the day of 15th, but possible disruptions might arise during the evening.
LFRS and LFBD (Nantes and Bordeaux): expected issues early morning on 15th.
LFLL( Lyon): Expect delays early morning on 15th.
LFQQ and LFRR (Lille and Brest): ATS services might have some issues.

Source: Eurocontrol

[sn26567]

One French ATC Union called a National strike (all French ACC and airports) from 1700utc on 14th Sept until 0400utc on 16th Sept.

"Belgian" Ryanair flights cancelled:

14/09/2016:
FR2938 Brussels Airport Barcelona El Prat
FR2939 Barcelona El Prat Brussels Airport

15/09/2016
FR2828 Charleroi Reus
FR2829 Reus Charleroi
FR5331 Charleroi Biarritz
FR5332 Biarritz Charleroi

Vueling does not cancel any of its BRU flights.

The summary of the NM French Strike Conference from Wednesday 14th of September

Paris ACC West: Risk of minimum service in the early morning.
Paris ACC East: Risk of minimum service expected for whole day.
Reims ACC: No significant issues expected.
Brest ACC: Possible disruptions expected in the early morning period .Remaining of the day expected to be ok.
Bordeaux ACC: Possible disruptions expected during the early morning. Remaining of the day expected to be ok.
Marseille ACC East: Minimum service expected during the night of 14th , then no major issues expected for the 15th .
Marseille West : No significant issues expected.
Regulations for the West sectors for the evening and night of 14th September have now been cancelled.

Airports:
LFPG and LFPO (Charles de Gaulle and Orly): Some ground delays might arise due to the en-route sectors restrictions.
LFPG, LFPO and LFOB ( Paris- Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Beauvais) : A 15% reduction of schedules are requested to the airlines.
Please refer to the mail address published in the NOTAM for furter clarification.

LFMN and LFSB (Nice and Bale-Mulhouse)
No problems expected.
LFBO (Toulouse): The situation is not known for the night 15th/16th.
LFML (Marseille): Uncertain for the 14th night period..Evening of the 15th expected to be difficult.
LFRS and LFBD (Nantes and Bordeaux): Expected issues early morning on the 15th.
LFLL( Lyon): Expect issues early morning on the 15th.
LFQQ and LFRR (Lille and Brest): Difficult situation expected.

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A number of unions (ANPAC, ANPAV and USB), representing various Alitalia pilots and flight attendants, have confirmed a strike of 24 hours for 22 September, despite cancellation of industrial action by national unions (CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL) following an agreement with the company.

The strike will result in the inevitable cancellation of many Alitalia flights.

[Passenger]

The leftist Belgian trade union ABVV/FGTB has cancelled it's national strike, planned for 7th October 2016.

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/binnenland/1.2773064

[jan_olieslagers]

That cancellation was decided by all unions, as I read the source, not by any single one - just as the call to "action" had been.

[Passenger]

That cancellation was decided by all unions, as I read the source, not by any single one - just as the call to "action" had been.

The initial Belga press report, sent to me by De tijd at 16h40, was: "...ABVV staakt niet op 7 oktober. De socialistische vakbond ABVV schrapt de algemene staking die voor 7 oktober gepland stond..."

Aftere the ABVV/FGTB had sent out that press release "we won't strike", the other unions also announced the same thing. So most journalists edited their press reports about this no-strike, including the one I posted (I prefer links from deredactie.be because their stories are not subscribers only).

[jan_olieslagers]

Ha, hm, no comment - no surprise either. After all, the hard work must be done by SOME hard worker ...

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Easyjet pilots have voted overwhelmingly for strike action, prompting an 11th hour offer from the airline to resolve the dispute.

The British Airline Pilots Association confirmed 96 per cent of union members voted for “some form of industrial action” with an 88 per cent turnout.

The action is over complaints that Easyjet’s pilot schedule is resulting in rising levels of fatigue.

(And, incidentally - because it is not affecting Belgian airports - Eurowings cabin crew in Dusseldorf are on strike !)

[Passenger]

Off topic, as no Belgian airport is involved: ATC at Karpathos Greece (AOK/LGKP) is on strike. At least one TUI NL aircraft is grounded there.

[Boavida]

Tomorrow, the baggage handlers will probably go on strike at BRU. So AGAIN lots of misery and angry pax.

THANK YOU, (socialist) unions.

Striking when thousands of people lose their job every day... They should all be fired.

[sn26567]

Yes! Eurowings flight attendants threaten to strike (as a reminder, Eurowings flies three times daily from BRU to Stuttgart under the Germanwings banner).

http://www.airliners.de/bei-eurowings-s ... nals/39739

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For tomorrow, Brussels airport recommends: "Targeted industrial actions on 7 October: Travel only with hand baggage respecting liquids & gels restrictions".

And Jetairfly: "Due to a strike we ask all travellers to present themselves at the airport extra early tomorrow, Friday October 7th."

Public transport & traffic to/from/at the airport may be impacted.

[sean1982]

Tomorrow, the baggage handlers will probably go on strike at BRU. So AGAIN lots of misery and angry pax.

THANK YOU, (socialist) unions.

Striking when thousands of people lose their job every day... They should all be fired.

British airways cancelled two flights, more maybe cancelled tomorrow.

[sn26567]

Tomorrow, the baggage handlers will probably go on strike at BRU. So AGAIN lots of misery and angry pax.

THANK YOU, (socialist) unions.

Striking when thousands of people lose their job every day... They should all be fired.

British airways cancelled two flights, more maybe cancelled tomorrow.

My 2 cents (and 2 remarks):
1. It is not the socialist union alone that went on strike, but all unions.
2. BA was maybe a little too fast to cancel flights. Apart from their two flights, I see only another flight cancelled: SK to Oslo.

[sean1982]

Tomorrow, the baggage handlers will probably go on strike at BRU. So AGAIN lots of misery and angry pax.

THANK YOU, (socialist) unions.

Striking when thousands of people lose their job every day... They should all be fired.

British airways cancelled two flights, more maybe cancelled tomorrow.

My 2 cents (and 2 remarks):
1. It is not the socialist union alone that went on strike, but all unions.
2. BA was maybe a little too fast to cancel flights. Apart from their two flights, I see only another flight cancelled: SK to Oslo.

My brother's flight from doha was also cancelled

[Passenger]

Emirates had asked two slot times at AMS Amsterdam, for EK-183/EK-184 (DXB-BRU-DXB): 13h30-18h00. But they cancelled them, and operated the flights as scheduled to BRU when it was clear the BRU was ops normal.

[Established02]

Also in the morning there were various cargo cancellations.
Not sure though if those cancellations are related to the strikes.

[sn26567]

An ATC strike will affect flights to/from Greek airports. Oct 08 2101—Oct 10 2059 & Oct 11 2101—Oct 13 2059 UTC.

Ryanair has already cancelled a number of fights.

[Passenger]

An ATC strike will affect flights to/from Greek airports. Oct 08 2101—Oct 10 2059 & Oct 11 2101—Oct 13 2059 UTC.

Ryanair has already cancelled a number of fights.

In the Netherlands, Thomas Cook/Neckermann have added a flight. Passengers who are booked on a flight on Sunday to Kos or Rhodos may fly today, with an extra Transavia flight out of AMS. Extra hotel night is for Thomas Cook.