- Delays and canceled flights are the norm in recent days that passengers face at the Warsaw Okęcie
- – Planes “hang” in the air waiting in line to land. It is often the case that when the plane lands, drops off passengers, takes new passengers and waits for permission to take off – explained Michał Kaczmarzyk, head of the Buzz line belonging to Ryanair Holdings, quoted by the WNP.PL portal
- The cause of the chaos in the Polish skies are negotiations between the new president of PANSA, Anita Oleksiak, and the Air Traffic Controllers Trade Union. There are no controllers at the airport
- The paralysis of the sky over Poland may come as early as May. PANSA states: “Nearly 170 people are on notice, which for the majority will end at the end of April 2022.”
- More important information can be found on the Onet homepage
Delays and canceled flights are the norm in recent days that passengers face at Warsaw’s Okęcie. Since Friday, due to the reduced number of air traffic controllers, almost all flights took off and landed with a delay of several dozen minutes.
The situation was similar on Saturday. The record holder is the flight to Toronto, which took off on Saturday with nearly 3 hours. delay. One-hour delays were the standard for planes departing from Okęcie.
The European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation Eurocontrol is considering a scenario where Transit planes will have to avoid Poland – reports “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”.
– This is already a disaster. Our planes already have an average delay of 90 minutes. It is mainly the passengers who suffer from this. I am afraid to think about what will happen before Christmas – explained Michał Kaczmarzyk in an interview with “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, the head of the Buzz line belonging to Ryanair Holdings.
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— Planes “hang” in the air waiting in line to land. Often, when a plane lands, it will drop off passengers, pick up new passengers and wait for permission to take off. This is a terrible nuisance for the carrier when it comes to the planning itself, but at the end there is a passenger who sits in the terminal or the plane – explains Kaczmarzyk quoted by the WNP.PL portal
As reported by the WNP.PL portal, in the event of the need to cancel any flight, Ryanair and Enter Air announced a fight for compensation.
The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency announced in a press release that “it is currently facing the challenge of increased absenteeism from air traffic controllers because of, among others sick leaves, notifications of indisposition and, consequently, delays in air traffic “.
“The agency is taking the necessary steps to ensure audit staff and stabilize the situation in the following days” – assured PANSA.
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The cause of the chaos in the Polish skies are negotiations between the new president of PANSA, Anita Oleksiak, and the Air Traffic Controllers Trade Union. However, the talks do not bring the expected effect. Oleksiak was appointed by the prime minister on March 31 and replaced the acting president of PANSA Janusz Janiszewski, canceled due to an ongoing conflict.
According to the portal Rynek Lotniczy, the COVID-19 pandemic was to worsen the financial situation of PANSA, and the way to save it was to significantly reduce the earnings of air traffic controllers. After unsuccessful talks in January 2022, PANSA decided to implement the new remuneration regulations – adds the portal.
In February, the Agency informed that it was dealing with resignations from work by area and approximation inspectors from Warsaw – “nearly 170 people are on notice, which for the majority will end at the end of April 2022.“According to data for February, 208 area and approach controllers were employed in Warsaw.
“Only” 44 left at the end of March [kontrolerów lotów — przyp. red.]. Only today all planes over Poland have a delay of more than 45 minutes. This shows the scale of what awaits us from May, if the dispute is not de-scaled“- describes the difficult situation that awaits passengers, MP Maciej Lasek, former chairman of the State Commission for Aircraft Accident Investigation.
About 600 controllers work at PANSA, including 208 in Warsaw. Ultimately 170 out of the latter group did not accept new working conditions, calculates the Rynek Lotniczy portal.
Source: PAP, Onet, Twitter, Rynek Lotniczy, “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, wnp.pl
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