All flights canceled at Belgium’s second busiest airport after sudden strike

According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency According to Politico, following a sudden strike by airport workers in Belgium, all flights at Charleroi South Airport have been canceled. This strike affected about 200 flights and stranded 30 thousand passengers.

Nathalie Pirard, spokeswoman for the airport, said: “The strike was very surprising because the unions on September 4 issued a statement demanding The possible strike started on September 19! It is unfortunate that passengers are being held hostage by these reckless actions.

He added: Although the operational capacity of the airport was reduced to 15% as a preventive measure, today it is able to We were not providing services to passengers!

Working conditions are at issue in the strikes, and union representatives have also complained about “aggressive management policies”. The flight schedule of this airport shows that two flights have been transferred to “Liège” airport and the rest have been canceled.

South Charleroi Airport is located about 60 km from Brussels and handled about 9.4 million passengers last year. After Brussels Airport, it was called the second busiest airport in Belgium.