Airport strikes averted from July 1 – no flight cancellations

At the height of the season and during the summer holidays there was a threat at the airport Mallorca strikes. Now all holidaymakers who want to go on holiday to the popular Balearic Island in July can breathe a sigh of relief.

Eurowings airline was able to avert the announced strikes of its ground staff at Palma airport. An agreement was reached at subsidiary ‘Wings Handling’ on Friday, the company announced in Cologne. This would improve the working conditions of employees and take into account the competitiveness of the company. The agreement has a term of two years.

When was the Mallorca airport strike coming?

At the beginning of July, the GVA union called for a strike for a total of six days: 1, 5, 7, 10, 12 and 13 July.

The “Mallorca Zeitung” cited the reasons why company employees complained about “intensified attacks on the legally recognized rights of employees by the company’s management in Palma”. There is also dissatisfaction about the “hardly any attention paid to risk prevention at work”, which has already led to accidents. There have also been equality issues and complaints of sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

Last summer a strike was also prevented at short notice

Already During the summer holidays of 2023, a strike threatened at Mallorca airport. Even then, representatives from the employer side were able to reach an agreement with the union at short notice and avoid a strike.

Mallorca Airport Strikes: Travelers Right to Compensation

In the event of delays of more than three hours or cancellations, affected passengers are entitled to a flight under certain circumstances compensation payment from 200 to 600 euros, depending on the flight route. To claim compensation, travelers can do this for example Complaints form for EU passengers Fill it out and send it to the airline in question. If you don’t want to contact the airline yourself, you can use the help of passenger rights portals. However, they retain a certain percentage of the fee for their services, usually around 30 percent.

Affected passengers would also have been entitled to compensation following the announced strike at Mallorca airport. Nina Staub, an expert in aviation gas law from AirHelpexplained before the strike was averted: “Since in this case the staff of Wings Handling Palma, which provides ground services for Eurowings, is on strike, the strike falls under the responsibility of the airline. Accordingly, affected passengers are entitled to compensation.”

According to Staub, travelers would also have been entitled to alternative transportation or a full refund of the flight price. “Airlines generally offer rebooking to an alternative flight. If the airline does not take action on its own initiative or cannot offer suitable alternative transport, the affected passengers can look for an alternative themselves and charge the airline the costs,” said the passenger rights expert.

We have information about the rights and claims of travelers whose flights are canceled due to a strike or depart very late here written down in detail.

With material from dpa

______________

Looking for more inspiration? Tips for all the top travel destinations you can find it at the travel reporter.