In the case of cancellations, your airline should offer you an alternative flight. This obligation will only kick in when your flight has been delayed for at least two hours expect to wait longer for medium and long-haul flights.
Your airline still has a duty of care though.įor delayed flights, that means providing reasonable food and refreshments as well as a means of communication such as internet data or phone minutes. In this case, because the striking workers are not employed by the airline, if your flight is delayed or cancelled, you won’t be entitled to any compensation as it will be considered an “extraordinary circumstance”. Your airline has a duty of care if your flight is delayed or cancelled (Getty Images) Can I get compensation if a flight is affected by strikes? While some services are still expected to run, these may be reduced. The Gatwick Express is not impacted by strikes at the airport but it is affected by rail strikes this summer. EasyJet for example cancelled 1,700 flights in part due to a potential air traffic control strike. There may still be strikes in Europe that might affect your flight, however. That means any flights that might have been affected by the strikes should now operate as normal. However, after new pay deals were offered to and accepted by the workers, all of the strikes have now been called off. The workers are employed by DHL, ASC, Menzies Aviation, GGS, and DHL Services Ltd, which provide ground support for major airlines departing from Gatwick, including British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair, Tui, WestJet and Wizz Air. They were set to involve around 1,000 workers, employed across roles including ground handling, baggage handling, ramp agent, dispatcher and check-in agent at the airport. The Gatwick strikes were originally scheduled for two sets of dates: from July 28 to August 1, and from August 4 to 8. Main photo: check-in at Gatwick (Getty Images) Some ground staff, including baggage handlers, are set to strike at Gatwick (Alamy) What dates are the Gatwick airport strikes? Here’s what you need to know if you’re due to travel from Gatwick this summer.
However, after a new pay deal was accepted by the striking workers, the industrial action was called off. The strike action was originally set to involve around 1,000 ground staff providing services to various airlines including British Airways and easyJet, scheduled to take place at the end of July and beginning of August. There’s good news for families jetting off on holiday soon: all of the planned strikes at Gatwick airport have now been cancelled.
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