22 July 2021

26 July 2021: national ATC Strike

A 12-hour national strike by italian civil ATC personnel is called for Monday 26 July 2021, from 08.00 to 20.00 local time. The strike will affect:

  • Brindisi, Padova, Milano and Roma ACC/FIC;
  • ATS and weather services in all ENAV airports: Crotone, Bari, Foggia, Taranto, Pescara, Brindisi, Lamezia Terme, Comiso, Catania-Fontanarossa, Pantelleria, Lampedusa, Palermo-Punta Raisi, Reggio Calabria, Alghero, Cagliari, Olbia, Torino-Aeritalia, Milano-Malpensa, Bergamo, Torino-Caselle, Albenga, Genova, Milano-Linate, Parma, Cuneo, Bolzano, Bologna, Treviso, Forlì, Brescia, Trieste, Rimini, Padova, Venezia-Lido, Verona, Ancona, Venezia-Tessera, Rieti, Roma-Ciampino, Roma-Fiumicino, Salerno, Napoli, Firenze, Urbe e Perugia;
  • The services of the NOTAM office (NOF), ARO-CBO offices in Roma and Milano, ICC (International Communication Center) and CME (Ground Ground Communication Monitoring Unit);
  • The weather forecast office (Italy MFU).

Services will not normally be guaranteed during strike hours. Depending on the non-striking staff, some services may be available or partially available with limitations. In the absence of ATS services, it will not be possible to carry out flight operations at the airports and related airspaces indicated above, except for the traffic indicated below.

In accordance with national rules, the only traffic to which the services will be guaranteed in all conditions are:

  • all scheduled flights departing in the guarantee bands 07.00-10.00 and 18.00-21.00 local;
  • State flights, in emergency, with heads of state, firefighting, medical evacuation, ambulance, humanitarian, search and rescue and exempt from ATFCM measures;
  • overflight flights (not departing and arriving in the national territory);
  • State aircraft;
  • incoming intercontinental flights;
  • departing intercontinental flights authorized by CAA;
  • charter flights to/from the islands authorized or notified before the strike was announced;
  • flights to the islands with a single daily frequency;
  • domestic flights in progress at the time of the strike;
  • flights departing at times prior to the start of the strike and delayed for reasons independent of the parties;
  • international flights arriving with estimated time no later than 30 minutes from the start of the strike;
  • flights for the transport of perishable goods, live animals, medicines or basic necessities.

The complete list of CAA authorized flights is available here.

The Network Manager will provide zero rate for departures and arrivals at the airports affected by the strike and adjustments based on the services provided by the ACCs. To monitor the situation it is advisable to consult the NOTAMs in force and the Network Operations Portal.

In addition to the national strike, the following other local strikes were also called in the same day:

  • Milano ACC from 08.00 to 20.00 local;
  • Torino from 13.00 to 17.00 local;
  • Genova from 13.00 to 17.00 local;
  • Napoli from 13.00 to 17.00 local;
  • Pescara from 08.00 to 20.00 local time.

Local strikes in conjunction with national strikes allows ATCO to abstain from work also for purely local problems, but for users from an operational point of view there are no further restrictions in addition to those already explained.

A5033/21 NOTAMN
Q) LIMM/QXXLW/IV/NBO/E/000/999/4511N00923E123
A) LIMM B) 2107260600 C) 2107261800
E) DUE TO LOCAL STRIKE OF PART OF OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL ATS
PROVIDED BY ‘MILANO ACC’ WITHIN ITS WHOLE JURISDICTIONAL AREA MAY
BE AFFECTED’
REMARKS:
ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW 146/90 AND 83/2000 THE PROVISION OF ATS
WILL BE GRANTED TO:
– STATE/HEAD/FFR/MEDEVAC/HOSP/HUM/SAR/ATFMX AND EMERGENCY FLIGHT
– OVERFLYING FLT AND STATE AIRCRAFT
– INCOMING INTERCONTINENTAL FLT
– FLT TO/FM ITALIAN ISLANDS AND DEP INTERCONTINENTAL AS IDENTIFIED
BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
– ALL OTHER FLT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY CIVIL AVIATION
AUTHORITY

A5030/21 NOTAMN
Q) LIMM/QXXLW/IV/NBO/A/000/999/4512N00738E005
A) LIMF B) 2107261100 C) 2107261500
E) DUE TO LOCAL STRIKE OF PART OF OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL
ATS AND MET OBS SERVICE MAY BE AFFECTED.
REMARKS:
ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW 146/90 AND 83/2000 THE PROVISION OF ATS
WILL BE GRANTED TO:
-STATE/HEAD/FFR/MEDEVAC/HOSP/HUM/SAR/ATFMX AND EMERGENCY FLIGHT
-OVERFLYING FLT AND STATE AIRCRAFT
-INCOMING INTERCONTINENTAL FLT
-FLT TO/FM ITALIAN ISLANDS AND DEP INTERCONTINENTAL AS IDENTIFIED
BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
-ALL OTHER FLT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY

A5016/21 NOTAMN
Q) LIXX/QXXLW/IV/NBO/E/000/999/4339N01139E999
A) LIBB LIMM LIRR B) 2107260600 C) 2107261800
E) DUE TO STRIKE OF PART OF OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL FOLLOWING
AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES MAY BE AFFECTED:
1) LIBB, LIMM, LIPP AND LIRR ACC/FIC
2) ATS AND MET OBS PROVIDED BY ENAV, AT:
LIBC LIBD LIBF LIBG LIBP LIBR LICA LICB LICC LICD LICG LICJ LICR
LIEA LIEE LIEO LIMA LIMC LIME LIMF LIMG LIMJ LIML LIMP LIMZ LIPB
LIPE LIPH LIPK LIPO LIPQ LIPR LIPU LIPV LIPX LIPY LIPZ LIQN LIRA
LIRF LIRI LIRN LIRQ LIRU LIRZ
3) ATS/AIS/MET AND COM PROVIDED BY FLW UNITS:
NOTAM OFFICE (NOF-AFTN LIIAYNYX)
ATS REPORTING OFFICES WITH CENTRAL BRIEFING OFFICE CAPABILITY
(ARO-CBO ROMA-AFTN LIRFZPZX AND ARO-CBO MILANO-AFTN LIMLZPZX)
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTRE (ICC-AFTN LIIDYFYX)
GROUND GROUND COMMUNICATION MONITORING UNIT (CME)
4) METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING UNITS (ITALY MFU-AFTN LIJRYMYX).
REMARKS:
A) ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW 146/90 AND 83/2000
ATS/AIS/MET WILL BE PROVIDED TO:
STATE/HEAD/FFR/MEDEVAC/HOSP/HUM/SAR/ATFMX AND EMERGENCY FLIGHT
OVERFLYING FLT AND STATE AIRCRAFT
INCOMING INTERCONTINENTAL FLT
FLT TO/FM ITALIAN ISLANDS AND DEP INTERCONTINENTAL AS IDENTIFIED
BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
ALL OTHER FLT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTH
B) DURING STRIKE ATS/AIS/MET MAY BE PROVIDED TO ADDITIONAL FLT
ACCORDING TO RELEVANT FLOW CONTROL MEASURES FOR LIBB LIMM LIPP LIRR
ACC ISSUED IN DUE TIME BY EUROCONTROL DNM (DIRECTORATE NETWORK
MANAGER)
C) AVAILABILITY OF AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY
ATS/AIS/MET/COM UNITS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY SPECIFIC NOTAM)

A5019/21 NOTAMN
Q) LIMM/QXXLW/IV/NBO/A/000/999/4424N00850E005
A) LIMJ B) 2107261100 C) 2107261500
E) DUE TO LOCAL STRIKE OF PART OF OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL
ATS AND MET OBS SERVICE MAY BE AFFECTED.
REMARKS:
ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW 146/90 AND 83/2000 THE PROVISION OF
ATS WILL BE GRANTED TO:
-STATE/HEAD/FFR/MEDEVAC/HOSP/HUM/SAR/ATFMX AND EMERGENCY FLIGHT
-OVERFLYING FLT AND STATE AIRCRAFT
-INCOMING INTERCONTINENTAL FLT
-FLT TO/FM ITALIAN ISLANDS AND DEP INTERCONTINENTAL AS IDENTIFIED
BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
-ALL OTHER FLT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY

A5020/21 NOTAMN
Q) LIRR/QXXLW/IV/NBO/A/000/999/4053N01417E005
A) LIRN B) 2107261100 C) 2107261500
E) DUE TO LOCAL STRIKE OF PART OF OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL
ATS AND MET OBS SERVICE MAY BE AFFECTED.
REMARKS:
ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW 146/90 AND 83/2000 THE PROVISION OF
ATS WILL BE GRANTED TO:
-STATE/HEAD/FFR/MEDEVAC/HOSP/HUM/SAR/ATFMX AND EMERGENCY FLIGHT
-OVERFLYING FLT AND STATE AIRCRAFT
-INCOMING INTERCONTINENTAL FLT
-FLT TO/FM ITALIAN ISLANDS AND DEP INTERCONTINENTAL AS IDENTIFIED
BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
-ALL OTHER FLT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY

B4525/21 NOTAMN
Q) LIBB/QXXLW/IV/NBO/A/000/999/4226N01411E005
A) LIBP B) 2107260600 C) 2107261800
E) DUE TO LOCAL STRIKE OF PART OF OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL
ATS AND MET OBS SERVICE MAY BE AFFECTED.
REMARKS:
ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW 146/90 AND 83/2000 THE PROVISION OF ATS WILL
BE GRANTED TO:
-STATE/HEAD/FFR/MEDEVAC/HOSP/HUM/SAR/ATFMX AND EMERGENCY FLIGHT
-OVERFLYING FLT AND STATE AIRCRAFT
-INCOMING INTERCONTINENTAL FLT
-FLT TO/FM ITALIAN ISLANDS AND DEP INTERCONTINENTAL AS IDENTIFIED
BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
-ALL OTHER FLT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY