Because of strikes, thousands of tourists in Italy can’t get home.
Because of strikes, thousands of tourists are stuck in Italy. Air transport groups stopped working as planned, which led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights all over Italy.
ROME: Air transport unions went through with a planned work stoppage on Saturday, which led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights across Italy. This happened two days after a train strike shut down rail service.
Summer is often the busiest time for transport strikes in Italy, leaving both locals and visitors stranded as unions push for better work contracts and conditions. After two years of pandemic loses, tourism is up this year, and the strikes are having an effect.
The national airline ITA said it had to cancel 133 flights. Most of them were domestic trips, but a few were to places like Madrid, Amsterdam, and Barcelona in Europe.
Cheap flights Because of the strike, Ryanair and Vueling scrapped dozens of other flights from 10 am to 6 pm. Pilots, flight attendants, people who work at airports, and people who handle bags were all on strike.
Starting at 10 a.m., the airport’s website showed that dozens of planes had been cancelled.
Filt Cgil, Uiltrasporti, and Ugl Trasporto, which are labour unions, said they called the strike because they couldn’t agree on a deal with Malta Air, which runs Ryanair flights.
Ryanair apologised on its website for flight delays and other problems caused by the strike, which was out of their hands.
On Thursday, commuters and tourists were stuck in hot train stops all over the country because rail workers went on strike. This made it impossible for trains to run, even high-speed trains that are usually reliable.
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