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Airline strike on October 21 throughout Italy. It will be a dark day for anyone planning to travel. The rules for requesting a ticket refund.

The national strike will last 24 hours. Employees of all staff of ENAV, the Italian company for assistance and air traffic control, are involved. To decree the work stoppage, it was the confederate unions CGIL, CISL and UIL, which complained of problems with staff, organization of shifts, and non-renewal of the contract.

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Three separate national strikes are scheduled for tomorrow October 21, promoted by Ugl-Ta and Unica, which will last from 8 to 20. In addition to a series of work abstentions at the local level. Along with the radar operators, the strike will affect arms from 8 to 20 also the flight attendants represented by Fast-Confsal and the workers in the aeronautical sector registered with the Usb (base union) who will demonstrate in Milan Linate.

Strike and inefficiencies

According to an estimate by the ItaliaRimborso site, more than 250,000 passengers will suffer poor service. In accordance with the legislation, the companies will guarantee the “essential” services, ensures the ENAV. That is to say the flights scheduled in the time slots 7-10 and 18-21. But there will be inconveniences and delays. In light of the October 21 strike, airlines have already taken action to cancel routes for days. In this case, the passenger must be offered an alternative flight, as required by Community Regulation 261/2004. If the customer is not offered a rerouting, he has the right to request reimbursement for any replacement trip that he will have to buy independently, and which will have to have the same destination. The passenger cannot ask for simple monetary compensation.

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The Vueling stop

Among the airlines whose staff will join the strike on October 21, the carrier Vueling stands out in particular. The low-cost travel company announced the participation of pilots and flight attendants in the national 24-hour strike by Filt-Cgil and Uiltrasporti, with a 10-14 turnout at Fiumicino airport. The reasons for the mobilization emerge from a union press release.

In which we talk about the “protest of last October 1” and the “lack of response to our requests, by the Spanish company, which is part of the Iag group, which also includes British Airways and Iberia”. The subject of the dispute relates in particular to 17 dismissals among the approximately 120 flight attendants that the company has hired based in Rome. But also, among other things, the lack of agreement on the payment of workers’ leave.

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