Have just heard from a friend in work her parents are in Athens and are due to fly back Wednesday, but have had to pay extra to get home tomorrow due to strikes due to take place starting on Wednesday!! Anybody heard anything else on this?
Message posted by DCV on 17 October 2011 at 2:12pm - IP Logged
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I think Easy Jet are playing safe - again, and cancelling all flights for Wednesday or Thursday, they did this last week when in fact other airlines were flying out round the stoppage times
When I phoned Thomsons they said they still had not been informed of any strikes and would be very surprised if they did strike for 48 hours, they never have done before and did not last week
I was told we should be informed on Tuesday of any rescheduling of our flghts on Wednesday morning
Message posted by loubee on 17 October 2011 at 5:18pm - IP Logged
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It seems strange to see no ferrys today other than an early Minoan. I don't think there are any for three days.
The hydrofoil to Albania is still running though.
Message posted by Dextercat on 17 October 2011 at 5:55pm - IP Logged
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I know that most people on the forum, particularly visitors to the island, will mainly be concerned with air traffic controllers and taxi drivers striking but Athens News has published a 'Strike Calender' here. Very useful.
Clicking on the entries gives further information.
I hope that I am not late to the party with this information!
Bob
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Easyjet has apparently cancelled both Wednesday and Thursday flights to and from Corfu, yet the computer will not allow changes onto tomorrow's flight, saying it is full- yet if you try to book it you can- at a price!
Message posted by dogbones on 18 October 2011 at 12:22pm - IP Logged
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If the Greek government cannot take the population with it in its attempt to solve the terrible financial crisis it is experiencing at this time, it is difficult to forecast what the future will hold....for everyone.
Message posted by trisa on 18 October 2011 at 1:04pm - IP Logged
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Just read on Twitter that the air traffic control strike has been confirmed on the Living in Greece site.
Dogbones, people are saying that Greek democracy is coming apart at the seams. How can this be democracy if the electorate who voted the government in, won't back them in trying to get the country out of the terrible state it is in?
As you say, no one knows what the future holds here. At the moment the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train or would be if they weren't on strike!
Trisa.
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We have just been informed our flights for tomorrow will not be leaving and will probably be leaving on Thursday instead, always assuming ATC do not decide to strike on Thursday as well at the last minute
Hey ho worst that can happen is we get five days holiday instead of 7!!
So the strike is on for tomorrow but Thursday is uncertain
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Quote: Originally posted by SusieH on 18 October 2011
We have just been informed our flights for tomorrow will not be leaving and will probably be leaving on Thursday instead, always assuming ATC do not decide to strike on Thursday as well at the last minute
Hey ho worst that can happen is we get five days holiday instead of 7!!
So the strike is on for tomorrow but Thursday is uncertain
EJ had informed us no flights Wednesday or Thursday so we are booked on the Friday morning flight.
It is, as far as we know, a 48hr strike and has been confirmed as such.
Message posted by Metaxa Time on 18 October 2011 at 5:33pm - IP Logged
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Since the recent loss of BBC via satellite recently, I have sometimes watched Euronews as well as Sky and BBC via the web, and as it's name suggests, it can offer more info on 'local' issues that UK channels dont cover, eg, In Spain a strike by a small town's police officers, who havent been paid for months, felt forced to take their complaints to the Government Dept concerned in Seville only to to be met by Seville Police barring their way. Today, there are strikes in Portugal about Austerity measures and similar stories from other countries are also reported. All stories are linked to the financial crisis prevailing at the moment and it is affecting many, if not all, countries both in Europe and beyond. Greece has been the whipping boy taking the pressure off a lot of other countries, up till now and it is too easy to get flippant with the Greek strikes. There is no doubt that Greece is to blame for its own ails...but that does not mean that the strikes are not justified, it is the ordinary person who is being 'screwed' for every last penny of tax. And not just in Greece. Nobody likes strikes and lost wages are never recovered but sometimes it is all that is left.
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Quote: Originally posted by Dextercat on 18 October 2011
Quote: Originally posted by SusieH on 18 October 2011
We have just been informed our flights for tomorrow will not be leaving and will probably be leaving on Thursday instead, always assuming ATC do not decide to strike on Thursday as well at the last minute
Hey ho worst that can happen is we get five days holiday instead of 7!!
So the strike is on for tomorrow but Thursday is uncertain
EJ had informed us no flights Wednesday or Thursday so we are booked on the Friday morning flight.
It is, as far as we know, a 48hr strike and has been confirmed as such.
Some flights are being re scheduled for about 6.30pm UK time so that is probably where we will end up with Thomsons. We will virtually lose 2 days holidays but hey, we are covered for curtailment by insurance!!!
Message posted by shilpa on 18 October 2011 at 7:15pm - IP Logged
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Does anyone know how long they are going to be having these strikes for? Is it just through October or will it carry on month to month? We are going to Athens in November for a wedding and wondering if we will be affected?
Message posted by dennys on 18 October 2011 at 7:41pm - IP Logged
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Yes I remember that dennys, and the three day week. I was working for Olympic Holidays in Queensway at the time and we used to "escape" the madness in London for the then sanity in Athens (as regards strikes). It has now gone full circle. But of course that was just before the fall of the Junta so even then, Greece had serious internal problems.
A friend of mine who works for CNN in New York told me that she and her husband joined the demonstrators on Wall Street last week, so this really does seem to be a global problem. Another friend who lives in Madrid has been emailing me about what is going on there as well.
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Sorry Shilpa but these strikes are set to continue for a long time yet and are nearly all concentrated on Athens.
No matter what happens in the next few months things are not going to turn around in a hurry.
Message posted by Dextercat on 19 October 2011 at 8:52am - IP Logged
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We had an email from easyjet today regarding our flights for tomorrow and they say they will not be affected, and that the strike will be over by midday today (Wednesday)
Message posted by B Jane on 01 December 2011 at 8:38am - IP Logged
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Someone told me there was another National Strike planned for today - can anyone confirm this? I hope so because I've kept the kids home from school today...
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