Peru’s air traffic controllers union has said it would launch a 72-hour strike, from December 22 until Christmas Eve.
“This strike is because the government is not giving due importance to the complaints filled by the controllers", stated Alberto Pimentel, secretary of the air traffic controllers union.
The announcement comes one week after the union’s 48-hour strike, which delayed national flights coming into Jorge Chavez International Airport.
Local media sources warned passengers to expect delays on the days leading up to Christmas Eve.
The air traffic controllers are demanding overtime pay, nighttime pay, and establishing insurance in case of loss of licenses.
The union said plans were being made so that not all flights would be affected during the 4-day strike.
The strike comes a month after Peru’s Association of Air Traffic Controllers issued a statement warning of safety issues regarding the airports radar system.
The association said the airport’s radar system went down for more than two hours, and the control center experienced two minutes of total communication systems failure.
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