Hundreds of flights canceled in Greece ahead of strikesAirlines Saturday announced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in and out of Greece ahead of a series of one-day strikes by the country’s air traffic controllers. Photo courtesy of athens-greece.usAegean, the country’s largest airline, and its subsidiary Olympic Air cancelled all of their flights in or out of the country for Sunday, when the walkout is set to begin. The Greek air traffic controllers union on Wednesday said the 24-hour rolling strikes will continue on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Greek Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis has accused the air traffic controllers’ union of calling a “strike without precise demands” and “with political motives”. He stressed though that he is open to discuss with them.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 08, 2016 11:03 UTC