easyJet passengers have been warned of potential disruption next week.
easyJet pilots represented by ANPAC (National Association of Professional Civil Aviation) FILT (Italian Federation of Transport Workers) and CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labour) are set to strike for a minimum of four hours on Monday, February 24.
Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has alerted travellers that the walkouts are expected to start at 12pm CET (11am UK), with staff from Italian airline Aeroitalia, also due to hit the picket lines.
International aviation lawyer Anton Radchenko from AirAdvisor said: "If a flight departs later than planned, this can have a domino effect as far as other flights’ departure slots are concerned - causing them to take off late too. Strikes like these can have an impact on flights across the world.
"This could just be the start of a turbulent year for airline strikes, with aviation staff and their unions across Europe pushing for better working conditions and improved perks, like pensions. Airline staff strikes tend to become more prevalent in the summer months, when industrial action by employees can have a greater impact on their employers’ operations.
"In August last year, easyJet was forced to cancel around 200 flights to and from Portugal due to a three-day strike by cabin crew."
An easyJet spokesperson said: "easyJet has been formally advised of a four hour strike action by some Italian-based pilots unions on Monday 24 February 2025 from 12pm to 4pm local time. We plan to operate our full flying programme but we advise customers travelling on 24 February to check the status of their flights on our Flight Tracker page or manage their bookings using our disruption portal on our mobile app or website.
“Although this is outside of our control, we would like to apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused and would like to reassure them we are doing all possible to minimise any disruption as a result of the strike action.”
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