Company controllers SkeesAir traffic managers in Belgium launched an unsupervised strike at the airport this afternoon. Brussels airport This affected flights scheduled between 18:00 (17:00 GMT) and 20:00 (19:00 GMT) local time.
ACV union He told Flemish broadcaster VRT that employees’ discontent stemmed from difficulties in obtaining leave, and that they eventually decided to spontaneously launch a strike after a colleague was denied paternity leave for several days.
Skeyes stated that denying the worker in question leave days was necessary to ensure he was safe. continuity of operations According to the Belga agency, in this period.
During the two-hour outage, some flights scheduled to land in the region Zaventem airport We had to be diverted from Brussels to other airports.
Many flights also had to postpone their departures. after 8 p.m.
Unions stated that the conflict has not yet been resolved and that conversations need to take place between them and company management.