Fixed compensation
Do not assume it is automatically due. The cause, applicable passenger-rights regime and the airline's response all matter.
Italy aviation strikes · 13 September 2026
Italy airport strikes on 13 September: easyJet, Rome, Tuscany and Sardinia passenger rights
Italy's Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport lists multiple aviation strikes for Sunday 13 September 2026. They include a national easyJet cabin and flight-crew action scheduled for 24 hours, with flights to and from Cagliari listed for a four-hour window, plus separate airport-staff actions affecting Rome Fiumicino and Ciampino, Pisa and Florence, Cagliari, Alghero and Olbia. The notices confirm the planned industrial action, not a blanket cancellation total, so passengers should check their own operating airline and airport before travelling.
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Check my affected flight →What happened
The Italian transport ministry's official strike register lists easyJet Airlines Limited flying personnel for 00:00–23:59 on 13 September, except flights to and from Cagliari where the listed action is 11:00–15:00. The same register lists Aviation Services staff at Rome Fiumicino and Ciampino from 11:00–15:00; Toscana Aeroporti, GH Toscana and Consulta staff at Pisa and Florence from 11:00–15:00; SOGAER-group actions at Cagliari; and 24-hour actions involving SOGEAAL staff at Alghero and GEASAR staff at Olbia. These notices establish the scheduled strike windows but do not establish that every flight will be delayed or cancelled.
Operational conditions can change quickly. Check the airline and airport for live status before travelling.
Compensation is only one part of your rights
For flights within EU261 scope, fixed compensation depends on the cause of the individual disruption. An airline's own staff strike can be treated differently from an external airport, security or ground-handling strike, so the exact cause relied on by the operating carrier matters. Care, rerouting and refund rights are separate from fixed compensation and can apply even when compensation is unavailable or disputed. Do not assume entitlement or ineligibility solely from the fact that a strike is scheduled.
Refund or rerouting
A cancellation can create travel-remedy rights even where an extraordinary circumstance prevents fixed compensation.
Care and expenses
Where the applicable rules provide a duty of care, reasonable meals, accommodation or transport can remain separate from compensation.
What to do now
Check your airline and airport before leaving for the airport, especially if travelling with easyJet or through Rome Fiumicino, Rome Ciampino, Pisa, Florence, Cagliari, Alghero or Olbia. Keep cancellation, delay and rebooking messages, the airline's stated cause, the scheduled itinerary and itemised receipts for reasonable care costs. If your flight is disrupted, record whether the airline attributes it to its own staff action or to an external airport or handling strike because that distinction can affect the compensation analysis.
Check the facts of your flight
AeroDue separates the cause, itinerary and operating airline so passengers do not confuse an airport-wide incident with an automatic compensation result.
Check my affected flight →Sources used for this briefing
Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport — official aviation strike register
Your Europe — EU air passenger rights
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