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Latest strikes called off in Greece
Greek air traffic controllers have called off their latest round of strikes, which had been set to start at the weekend and run into this week.
Trade unions called off the strike at the 11th hour after saying a meeting with the Greek transport minister was ‘constructive’.
Their union had said last week week that it would stage 24-hour strikes on October 9 and 10, then October 12 and 13, in protest at changes to job descriptions under reforms pursued by the country’s foreign creditors.
The strikes would have coincided with the submission of draft legislation to parliament changing the structure of the civil aviation department and would have grounded flights for four days.
However, the last-minute decision to halt the strike came too late for some passengers.
EasyJet was unable to reinstate all flights that had been cancelled for Saturday and Sunday, with only 24 out of 44 flights reinstated, according to ITV news.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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