Strikes affecting Belgian airports in 2016

[sean1982]

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.

Et alors? The are a tour operator who sell package holidays?

[Conti764]

The strike is canceled apparently... My parents were to leave Kos tomorrow, for EIN. First, TUI would keep them in their hotel until wednesday. At Tui's expense. Next they were to leave tomorrow morning, by boat, to Bodrum and fly BJV-AMS-EIN, now they texted the strike was off and they'll return as foreseen...

[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.

Et alors? The are a tour operator who sell package holidays?

Legislation has never been your dada, and it still isn't (apart from legislation onboard aircraft, that is). So let me clear this. In case of force majeure (overmacht), the old European Travel Package Law Directive allow touroperators to charge the extra costs they make. So Thomas Cook may have charged the extra night in Greece. Touroperators usually never charge these extra costs because charging them will chase away the clients.

But to add an extra flight on Saturday, whilst they will try to operate all flights on Sunday, is quite nice from Thomas Cook NL.

[sean1982]

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.

Et alors? The are a tour operator who sell package holidays?

Legislation has never been your dada, and it still isn't (apart from legislation onboard aircraft, that is). So let me clear this. In case of force majeure (overmacht), the old European Travel Package Law Directive allow touroperators to charge the extra costs they make. So Thomas Cook may have charged the extra night in Greece. Touroperators usually never charge these extra costs because charging them will chase away the clients.

But to add an extra flight on Saturday, whilst they will try to operate all flights on Sunday, is quite nice from Thomas Cook NL.

I say again .... et alors? Which scheduled carrier (not tour operator) does something like that? All carriers allow passengers to rebook for free on another flight, that's it. Furthermore, what has Thomas cook NL to do with strikes affecting belgian airports?

[Passenger]

The strike is canceled apparently... My parents were to leave Kos tomorrow, for EIN. First, TUI would keep them in their hotel until wednesday. At Tui's expense. Next they were to leave tomorrow morning, by boat, to Bodrum and fly BJV-AMS-EIN, now they texted the strike was off and they'll return as foreseen...

Good news that the strike is cancelled. But the damage of the strike is irreversible: many Greek tourism suppliers will have empty hotel rooms, empty restaurant tables, empty bars, empty shops etc during the next days.

[sn26567]

Good news indeed: Greek ATC strike been cancelled (all four days) and, for example, all 146 Ryanair flights to/from Greece that had initially been cancelled will operate as originally scheduled.

Nevertheless, Aegean Airways publishes a strange statement: "The strike of the Air Traffic Control Personnel is cancelled and therefore there will be alterations in our flight schedule". I thought that with the cancellation of the strike the flights would operated unaltered...

[sn26567]

Eurowings flight attendant union calls for two-week strike

The UFO flight attendant union for Lufthansa Group’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings has announced strikes could be possible at any time for two weeks, starting from Monday, Oct. 24, after talks with management failed.

Germanwings flights between BRU and STR could be affected.

[sn26567]

KLM cabin crew union FNV Cabine has notified KLM that its members will interrupt service for 10 minutes immediately after the cabin crew briefing. The action will take place on Monday 24 October between 05.00 and 23.00.

[sn26567]

Eurowings flight attendant union calls for two-week strike

The Eurowings flight attendants' strike is called off. Salary negotiations resume on Monday (tomorrow).

[sn26567]

Eurowings flight attendant union calls for two-week strike

The Eurowings flight attendants' strike is called off. Salary negotiations resume on Monday (tomorrow).

Not so fast: see this topic about a possible strike tomorrow: https://www.aviation24.be/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=60073

KLM cabin crew union FNV Cabine has notified KLM that its members will interrupt service for 10 minutes immediately after the cabin crew briefing. The action will take place on Monday 24 October between 05.00 and 23.00.

And again tomorrow and Friday 27-28 October, but this time the largest union VNC will join FNV!

[sn26567]

And, as expected, the 3 Stuttgart/Brussels flights of Germanwings were indeed cancelled as a consequence of the Eurowings strike.

[convair]

KLM cabin crew union FNV Cabine has notified KLM that its members will interrupt service for 10 minutes immediately after the cabin crew briefing. The action will take place on Monday 24 October between 05.00 and 23.00.

Give me that 10 minutes strike any day!

[Passenger]

KLM cabin crew union FNV Cabine has notified KLM that its members will interrupt service for 10 minutes immediately after the cabin crew briefing. The action will take place on Monday 24 October between 05.00 and 23.00.

Give me that 10 minutes strike any day!

The extra "crew briefings" are increased from 10 minutes to 20 minutes as from Sunday 30th October.

[sn26567]

After a successful (!) one-day strike during which most Eurowings flights were cancelled, EW cabin crew do it again: Lufthansa Group low-cost subsidiary Eurowings flight attendants, represented by the UFO union, have planned a two-day strike next week if continued negotiations scheduled for Oct. 30 fail.

As a reminder, during that strike, all the Germanwings flights between BRU and STR were cancelled.

[sn26567]

The Eurowings cabin crew 2-day strike becomes more and more likely as negotiations have failed.

At KLM the cabin crew "briefings" will now be increased from 20 to 30 minutes from Thursday, 3 Nov.

[Passenger]

KLM: mini strikes are now increased into 40 minutes from 05h00 today, and into 60 minutes as from Monday. Only outgoing flights out of AMS so far.

Meanwhile, KLM has sued the unions because of the the strikes and the unions' refusal to discuss. The law case starts today.

[Passenger]

KLM: mini strikes are now increased into 40 minutes from 05h00 today, and into 60 minutes as from Monday. Only outgoing flights out of AMS so far.

Meanwhile, KLM has sued the unions because of the the strikes and the unions' refusal to discuss. The law case starts today.

The Dutch judge will rule on Tuesday. Therefore no increase from 40 minutes into 60 minutes before Wednesday.

[sn26567]

Traffic of De Lijn buses in Flemish Brabant (thus also to/from Brussels Airport) could be affected by a strike of ACV union tomorrow 7/11/2016.

Luchtzak contacted a source within the company, which told that 80% of the drivers would be at work, but all technicians would be on strike.

[sn26567]

Traffic of De Lijn buses in Flemish Brabant (thus also to/from Brussels Airport) could be affected by a strike of ACV union tomorrow 7/11/2016.

And again tomorrow 8/11/2016.

[sn26567]

KLM: mini strikes are now increased into 40 minutes from 05h00 today, and into 60 minutes as from Monday. Only outgoing flights out of AMS so far.

Meanwhile, KLM has sued the unions because of the the strikes and the unions' refusal to discuss. The law case starts today.

The Dutch judge will rule on Tuesday. Therefore no increase from 40 minutes into 60 minutes before Wednesday.

And indeed, on Wednesday (tomorrow), new strikes, but 40 minutes only, the maximum authorised by the judge.