Airline strike on October 29th, everything blocked for 24 hours: schedules and guaranteed flights

The hot autumn of strikes and street demonstrations does not stop in October 2025. After dozens of protests in recent weeks throughout Italy and the approximately 200,000 people at the CGIL rally, which does not rule out a general mobilization against the Budget, the month will end with the protests called by the unions on October 29 .

Also affected in this case are transport workers, particularly in the airline sector , who have been ordered to lay off work for 24 hours at Pisa and Florence airports, as well as Milan's Linate and Malpensa airports. Vueling staff will also be laid off for four hours at all Italian airports.

The air strikes of October 29

Several trade unions have called a 24-hour strike for Wednesday, October 29, for workers at some Italian airports, as announced in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport's lists.

Members of Uilt-Uil, Osp Filt-Cgil and Ost Fit-Cisl, of the ground services and handling company Swissport Italia, will abstain from work all day at Linate airport .

Also crossing their arms will be the personnel involved in ground handling activities for airlines, for passengers and cargo, of Airport Handling, both at the Milan city airport and at Malpensa .

The national strike was called by Osr Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uilt-Uil, Ugl-ta, in addition to the acronyms Ost Cub Trasporti, Flai trasporti e servizi and Osr Usb Lavoro privato.

Furthermore, the cleaning staff of Dussman Service will stop at Malpensa airport for 24 hours, as part of a protest called by ADL Varese.

Also scheduled for Wednesday 29th from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM are the union strikes by Osr Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uilt-Uil, Ugl-ta, Usb, and Osr Cub transport for the staff of the Consulta company employed at the Pisa and Florence airports.

Strikes at Vueling, KLM, and Air France

Shorter strikes are planned for the same day by some airline staff, but they could cause significant disruption at all Italian airports, especially for passengers flying abroad.

From 1pm to 5pm, Vueling employees will be on strike nationwide, due to the strike called for flight crew members from USB private work, flight attendants from RSA Filt-Cigl and Anpac, and for all personnel represented by USB private work.

Ground staff of KLM and Air France will also be on strike for four hours, from 12 noon to 4 p.m., following the national strike called by Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uilt-Uil and Ugl-ta.

In accordance with the rules for aviation sector strikes, ENAC reminds that flights will be operated regularly during the guaranteed time slots 7.00-10.00 and 18.00-21.00, in addition to connections with the Islands and in territorial continuity , already scheduled intercontinental routes, military and government flights, subject to public service obligations.

The Civil Aviation Authority also emphasizes that intercontinental flights already scheduled, departures scheduled before the protest but delayed for reasons beyond the control of the airlines, and the arrival of international flights scheduled to land within 30 minutes of the start of the strike will also be guaranteed.

Train staff strike

Also on October 29, the 24-hour national strike of GTS Rail freight transport personnel will end.

The protest called by Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uilt-uil, Ugl ferrovieri and Fast-Confsal is scheduled from 4 pm on Tuesday 28 October to 4 pm on Wednesday.