First day of July and first departures on holiday for
the French
, which in many cases have seen the expected start of holidays turn into a nightmare: flights canceled, many others delayed for hours, passengers spending the night in airports and enormous difficulties even just getting close to the terminals.
This morning, the one called E of the Parisian airport of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle was unreachable by car and passengers were advised to head to the furthest parking lot and wait from there for the shuttle.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) had asked the companies to preventively cancel 17% of flights arriving or departing from the main French airport this morning due to the accumulation of staff strikes in recent days.
The straw that broke the camel's back was the protest of the firefighters,
which has resulted in the closure of some tracks since yesterday.
The protests have continued unabated in recent days, with ground staff, controllers, company agents and airport workers complaining of exhausting schedules and impossible shifts due to a now chronic lack of staff.
After the draconian cuts made when flights were reduced during the pandemic, activity has resumed but staff have not been reinstated, unions complain.
Workers' representatives have warned users ahead of a summer that promises to be difficult at airports.
company agents and airport workers who complain of exhausting schedules and impossible shifts due to a now chronic lack of staff.
After the draconian cuts made when flights were reduced during the pandemic, activity has resumed but staff have not been reinstated, unions complain.
Workers' representatives have warned users ahead of a summer that promises to be difficult at airports.
company agents and airport workers who complain of exhausting schedules and impossible shifts due to a now chronic lack of staff.
After the draconian cuts made when flights were reduced during the pandemic, activity has resumed but staff have not been reinstated, unions complain.
Workers' representatives have warned users ahead of a summer that promises to be difficult at airports.
Ryanair and easyJet staff strikes (the second one started today) are causing some inconvenience in
Spanish airports
: according to the US trade union, which called the protest, today 1 Ryanair and 8 easyJet flights were canceled, while more than 100 aircraft of the two companies left late.
One of the main demands of striking workers is to improve contractual conditions.
The protest of Ryanair personnel is expected to end tomorrow, while that of easyJet workers is expected to last another eight days in July (on days 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30 and 31).
Even in recent days some inconveniences have been recorded in Spanish airports, reports the Iberian press.
With the onset of summer, chaos at
German airports increases
where passengers are forced to wait long hours in line at the controls, due to the lack of staff, due to the pandemic.
According to the Minister of Labor, Hubertus Heil, who spoke to the Handelsblatt, "something has gone wrong in the sector", where, despite state aid, many employees have been fired or have in any case chosen to reorient themselves so as not to suffer the social safety nets. during the covid.
Not only the transport sector is affected by the phenomenon: gastronomy and tourism are equally affected.
According to Heil, 60% of people who had been put on a "short week" have refocused and left the job they had before the pandemic.
The minister believes that part of the responsibility lies with businesses, and asks to render "
