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UpDates:Air Traffic Delays and Truck Drivers’ Strike Trouble Greeks and Tourists Alike

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Air Traffic Controllers’ ‘work-to-rule’ protest and truck drivers’ strike cause serious troubles in  earth and air traffic, while at the same time the fuel market dries up.

Queues of travelers started to built up at Greek airports as flights from Greece face delays from 90 minutes to 2,5 hours. There were even cases of 6 hours delays. From midnight to 9 am Monday morning the delays affected 60 flights alone in Athens airport and two were cancelled. Especially affected by delays are departures to Larnaka, Cyrpus. The delays affect only departures, Greek media report.

Airport authorities expect the situation to worsen as the number of flights will be increased during the week. It is highest season for the tourism in Greece.

Greek Air Traffic Controllers Union is currently holding a meeting to decide about how to further proceed.

Truck Drivers’s Strike  and the Fuel market

Some 50 trucks are parked alongside the Athens-Lamia highway are disturbing the traffic also in Athens outskirts.

Long queues of vehicles are to see at gasoline filling stations as motorists try to fill up car’s tanks. Some motorists claim they have been waiting up to 2 hours to fill a vehicle tank. Some owners complain about not being able to supply their shops with goods.

The strike of truck and tank truck drivers threatens to bring the fuel market into collapse and cause serious problems in goods’ supplies.

Truck drivers have entered an open-end strike.

Greek TV channels report that as of  Monday night the gasoline stations will close because the fuel truck drivers will join the strike as well.

Urban Electric Railway

 
 

The traffic troubles for citizens and tourists  get even worse as the urban electric railway  connecting  Piraeus Port to Athens and Kifissia will be disturbed . Parts of this section will remain out of service until the end of the year! The city train will connect Piraeus to Monastiraki, and Attiki to Kifissia. If you want to go to stations inbetween you can either walk in 40 degrees Celsious or use one of the buses the Railway authority has put into action.

PS. I was always  thinking  it was a brilliant idea of mine to learn sailing. I can handle a CAT and a Laser and in fact any kind of small boat with sails. But unfortunately I don’t live in Venice….