At risk tomorrow for 24 hours at risk Easy Jet flights, Ryanair Volotea and Vueling and operations in many airports. But the repayment possibilities (up to 600 euros) are there. Air strike 1 October 2022: companies, timetables, refunds. The updated rules and everything you need to know
Air strike 1 October: where and when
It was supposed to be the weekend of the new freedom to travel after the further loosening of the anti-Covid rules regarding transport masks, it risks instead being a weekend of passion for an airport strike, both of the on-board and ground personnel, announced for the 24 hours of October 1st. An agitation that could involve an estimated 300,000 people. In particular, the pilots and flight attendants of Ryanair (for 24 hours) e Vueling (for four hours, from 1pm to 5pm) who adhere to Filt-Cgil and Uiltrasporti.
In the case of the company born in Ireland, workers claim better working conditions and salaries, those of Vueling protest for 17 redundancies of flight attendants based in Rome Fiumicino.
Air strike 1 October: guaranteed flights
In detail, as communicated by Enac, the national body of Italian civil aviation, there is talk of a 24-hour strike by the Easy Jet staff of 24 hours, 24 hours also for Ryanair Limited, Malta Air And Crewlink, the Volotea staff and, for 4 hours (from 01.01 to 17.00) the Vueling staff. All the updates are on the websites of the companies and airports, but Enac has already provided a list of guaranteed flights that Air Transport Companies are required to communicate to the body before the strike, also specifying the protection time slots for passengers, from 7 to 10 and from 18 to 21.
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Strikes 1 October 2022: refunds and compensation, how they work
The first thing to know is that if the company cancels the flight and does not offer an alternative solution, they must refund the full price of the ticket. Regardless of the causes of the cancellation. Not only that, though. If until recently the companies had no obligation beyond the reimbursement of the ticket towards passengers left on the ground due to strike, a cause that was still one of the “exceptional circumstances” not controllable by the carriers, the European Court of Justice changed the situation with two judgments of 2018 and 2021 according to which airlines have the means and time to prepare for a strike and limit the damage, in short, the prejudice of “exceptional nature of the event” falls.
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Refunds and compensations canceled: to whom they are entitled
Moral: companies must pay compensation to all passengers left ashore.
More precisely, as the start-up Italia Rimborso explained in a press release, very active in the field of passenger protection in a summer characterized by delays, lost luggage and widespread inefficiencies, “in the event of an air strike, the passenger is not entitled to compensation, but can buy a new alternative flight at his own expense, even with a different airline than the one initially chosen. This happens if the passenger is not adequately re-protected by the carrier These sums disbursed due to the air strike can be reimbursed, as well as the expenses for any other means of transport used to reach the originally planned destination, any extra hotel nights and meals on the days in which the plane disruption was caused. “.
The amount is established by European Regulation 261 (Here all the details provided by ENAC). How much is? They are 250 euros for routes up to 1500 kilometers, 400 for routes between 1500 and 3500 kilometers, 600 for longer routes.
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Flight refunds: how to get them
It is necessary to contact the airline as soon as possible, preferably in writing, preferably by certified e-mail. The companies’ websites provide instructions, methods and forms ready to replace, cancel or change a flight, even via the app, but you should know that the terms for making the request, in Italy, are 26 months.
It is always better to keep the reservation, the receipts and the ticket itself. Today several online platforms, from ItaliaRimborso to AirHelp, and associations ranging from Altroconsumo to Tuteladelvoyager, provide assistance for this type of emergency. Scroll through the gallery to really know everything about the strike of 1 October.
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