Returning from the holidays promises to be complicated for those flying to Italy today, Monday January 8. Because of the strike of the handling companies at the airports of Milan (Linate and Malpensa) and Florence, as well as the security companies at Fiumicino and Venice, there may be delays or cancellations of Ita Airways flights. The Italian airline has deleted 20 domestic flights, while keeping all international flights operational. Here's everything you need to know about the airline strike on Monday 8 January 2024.
Air strike 8 January 2024: here are the guaranteed flights
From midnight on Monday 8 January until midnight on 9 January 2024, it will involve the staff of various Italian airports, from flights to ground staff, up to security. The protest was called by the unions Flai, Adl, Ost, Fit-Cisl, Ugl-Ta, Ost Cub Trasporti and Usb. L'ENAC informs that during the strike, they are guaranteed all the flights from 7:00 to 10:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00, respecting the protection time slots. Flights connecting with the islands (Sicily, Sardinia, etc.) will be ensured on a daily basis, as well as state, military, emergency, medical, humanitarian and rescue flights. The arrival at their destination of all national flights in progress at the time the strike began, the departure of all flights scheduled before the abstention and delayed for reasons beyond the control of the parties, incoming intercontinental connections, including transits on national airports, and overflights of the national territory and crossings of the airspace of Italian responsibility.
Ita Airways: the list of canceled flights
The Italian airline communicated through a note published on its Official site, the list of domestic flights canceled due to today's strike. Here you are the list of 20 canceled Ita flights:
- Az 1288 Naples – Milan Linate
- Az 1289 Milan Linate – Naples
- Az 1290 Naples – Milan Linate
- Az 1299 Milan Linate – Naples
- Az 1351 Milan Linate – Trieste
- Az 1352 Trieste – Milan Linate
- Az 1576 Milan Linate – Cagliari
- Az 1577 Cagliari – Milan Linate
- Az 1641 Milan Linate – Brindisi
- Az 1644 Brindisi – Milan Linate
- Az 1652 Bari – Milan Linate
- Az 1653 Milan Linate – Bari
- Az 1713 Milan Linate – Catania
- Az 1714 Catania – Milan Linate
- Az 1764 Palermo – Milan Linate
- Az 1765 Milan Linate – Palermo
- Az 2034 Rome Fiumicino – Milan Linate
- Az 2037 Milan Linate – Rome Fiumicino
- Az 2038 Rome Fiumicino – Milan Linate
- Az 2059 Milan Linate – Rome Fiumicino
What to do if your flight has been canceled or delayed?
The Italian airline, we read in the note released by the carrier, invites all passengers who have purchased an Ita Airways ticket to travel on January 8, to check the status of their flight before going to the airport. “Information on canceled flights on Monday 8 January will be available on the Ita website in the Flight Info section, or by contacting the travel agency where the ticket was purchased. In the event of cancellation or change to the time of their flight, they will be able to change the booking without any penalty or - explains the airline - ask for a refund of the ticket (only if the flight has been canceled or has been delayed for longer than that). to 5 hours) no later than January 12th".
