There may very well be an airport strike on Wednesday

On Tuesday, Spekter and the LO confederation Norwegian Civil Servants Affiliation (NTL) will meet for mediation. If no settlement is reached, the next will go on strike from 12:00 on Wednesday 12 June.

• Bergen Airport – 53 staff
• Brønnøysund Airport – 11 staff
• Førde Airport – 6 staff
• Kirkenes Airport – 15 staff
• Kristiansand Airport – 10 staff
• Oslo Airport – 27 staff
• Ålesund Airport – 18 staff

– This strike can have a big affect on the elimination of site visitors on the affected airports. At a number of of the airports, passenger site visitors will cease, and at some airports there can be no site visitors in any respect, says Thorgeir Landevaag, government vp of the massive airports division, and director of ports -air at Oslo Airport, in a press launch on Monday.

– The strike may additionally have an effect on site visitors circulate on the airports that aren’t straight affected by the strike, in addition to having a big affect on different sectors, such because the well being sector.

Some shut utterly

If there’s a strike, all regular passenger site visitors from Bergen, Brønnøysund and Førde will cease utterly from Wednesday 12 June at 12.00.

The opposite airports can be affected at totally different ranges, on totally different days.

For Kirkenes Airport, the preliminary withdrawal signifies that the airport will solely deal with Widerøe flights and air ambulance flights on sure days, whereas it will likely be closed to all site visitors on a few of days.

– We handle to cancel Widerøe site visitors and ambulance site visitors on sure days. However then we’ve to shut to all site visitors sooner or later. Which means that passengers planning to fly to or from Kirkenes Airport from the beginning of the strike ought to take into account discovering different methods to journey, says airport supervisor Lars Paulsen.

concentrate

Landevaag recommends that each one passengers pay shut consideration to data from their very own airline relating to doable cancellations, delays and amended recommendation associated to the estimated arrival time. reward

– We advocate that each one passengers contact their airline if there are adjustments to the scheduled timetable. This additionally applies to the beneficial arrival time on your flight. If you happen to do not hear something, you’ll be able to meet as typical. Passengers may also use Avinor’s web site, which is up to date on a regular basis, says Landevaag.

– Do not cancel

Though journey insurance coverage shouldn’t be lined by strikes, Frede forsikring has some recommendation for individuals who could also be affected.

– Sadly, journey insurance coverage doesn’t cowl strikes. The essential factor now could be to not cancel your journey. Wait to listen to out of your airline or journey firm. They are going to provide help to with a brand new journey if there’s a delay, or a refund if the journey is cancelled. In case you are on a visit and may’t get residence, they need to additionally assist with lodge lodging, says Petter Lassen in Frende insurance coverage.