Strike at Ercan airport

proline


Joined: 19/01/2009
Posts: 291

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:04

Nobody working, no staff, no check-in. All flights delayed due to strike. I was there at at 8am, but there were people waiting since 3am! I am still in Cyprus!

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:06

thanks proline, i am waiting for some people in coming, if i hear anything i will post it here.

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:10

Nobody working....really lol

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:18

What happens when staff strike midair?!



Richard

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:21

The strike lasts only as long as the fuel, might be a good bargaining chip there Richard but please don't give them ideas !!!

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:45

Flight to Ercan due to leave Manchester12.30

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:46

Think the strike must be over, 2 flights landed at Ataturk from Ercan in the last half hour

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:47

YK663 to Manchester is 4h25 late

clarets



Joined: 08/01/2009
Posts: 752

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:53

Richard....it would be a very short....dare I say it....lightning strike!

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 13:58

Could catch up a bit by landing straight at Ercan,

Paul.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 14:00

Where are all the erudite, up to the moment travel agents that always have their pulse and latest information on all these sort of problems?



Richard

ROBIN HOOD


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 238

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 14:05

If the cabin staff went on strike you'd not notice any difference except you'd be saved the incomprehensible safety lecture.

NatAless



Joined: 31/03/2009
Posts: 789

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 14:06

The English travel agent who used to message on here and worked for 'Polatkan' travel agency Girne apparently quit yesterday!

Natx

jimm127


Joined: 26/02/2008
Posts: 280

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 15:28

Just to ensure accuracy, my wife Libby, who worked at Polaktan Travel, did not quit, she received an email saying her services were no longer required. They have been cutting back (fired the cleaner a couple of weeks ago) and last in...first out!!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 16:00

Msg 14



Great way to fire someone, by email! Cowardly bastards!



Richard

jimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 16:06

Still at it I see Brinsley, how very helpful!!!

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 16:15

The no planes out of Ercan this morning was nothing to do with the airport .. On good authority from someone flying to Manchester on the 7.00am flight .. It was down to striking customs officials throughout Turkey

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 16:25

So why don't they fly 'non-stop'? Clear the back log accruing just inconveniencing those passengers going to Turkey.



Richard

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 16:39

Richard,

Something to do with Chicago i think,

Paul.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 18:26

The Convention was drawn up in 1944, well out of date!



Richard

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 19:43

We were informed by Pegaus UK about 45 minutes ago:



They had not been officialy advised of a strike in Ercan - the plane arrived in the UK about 120/150 minutes late so the flight due to arrive in Ercan 20.35 tonight might be at least an hour late.



We have not been notified by KTHY or Turkish of these problems and we do not know about Thursday as yet.

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 19:53

If KTHY want to fly direct from UK to TRNC they can. Who's going to know if they did or didn't land in Turkey (that is apart from the passengers who were expecting to get off in Turkey). They've done it in the past, so they can do it now. All it takes is a few messages from the Captain to the Air Traffic Controller and the plane can change its flight number mid air.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 20:00

Ercan strike, Turkish customs strike oh, what to believe! I feel sorry for those that were/are traveling and caught up in it all! Should have heard (BBC Radio 4) Ryan air's explanation on the debacle at Stansted last Saturday which David Dimbleby was caught up in (not a happy bunny), everybody else's fault except theirs!



Richard

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 20:25

msg 22 & 24



Lovely idea but it wouldn't get below the 'radar'. They can only do that in an emergency.



KTHY would then probably lose all Landing & Take off rights in any other Intnl airport, incl UK.





Not trying to piss on anyones bonfire.



Rob ;-(

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 20:30

Wrong, they fly into Turkish airspace dip below radar level (pretending to land but don't) change flight Nos. and up again to Ercan! Simple!



Richard

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 20:33

Libby & Ian,



Msg 14 Libby I'm sorry that you have lost the post as knowing you you would have been doing your best to serve the clients and the paymaster too.



Tom

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 20:42

Richard



Sorry, I should have made it clearer.



By 'radar', I didn't mean physical Radar.



I meant that even you or I can check T/O & Landing times of practically any flight in the world.



Any unusual timings would be noted by Aviation Authorities very rapidly.



I'm sure that Greek Traffic Control would take a 'certain' interest!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 20:52

RODnJO



I think you'll find an electronic/electrical blanket from anything flying from Turkey to TRNC, It's Military zone and is deferred to Turkish Military air traffic control.



Richard

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 21:19

For a fact that I know of, because I was on said flights, KTHY from Manchester 16th August 2006 and 26th August 2005 from Stansted on the "Red Eye" failed to land in Turkey and flew straight through. The plane circled over Turkey for 20 minutes then changed course to go onto the TRNC. Others on this board can also probably testify to other flights coming straight through.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 21:57

December 2007 people came into Pia Bella they had not landed in Turkey from Stansted.

doddies


Joined: 16/02/2009
Posts: 102

Message Posted:
05/08/2009 23:40

I have also flown from Stansted to Ercan twice on the night flight without landing in Turkey.

Members of my family on three occasions have also flown "direct".

keithr


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 720

Message Posted:
06/08/2009 07:21

July 2007,overnight flight on a Thursday,captain announced "very bad weather" over Turkey and flew straight on !!!



At Stansted,they were asking all people if they were going to Turkey or not......



Can be done,maybe the weather in Turkey is always "very bad" !!!

NatAless



Joined: 31/03/2009
Posts: 789

Message Posted:
06/08/2009 09:17

Re msg 14 I was informed by her former colleage when I was in the agency yesterday that she 'quit' perhaps it was a language error she made, sorry, however just thought I would let people know as while I was in there a few English people went in looking for her to book flights etc

Please send her my warm regards and thanks for all her help for my flights to London! Am sure she will find something else soon enough!

Best Wishes

Natx

natalie


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 323

Message Posted:
06/08/2009 09:28

Any up date on this? Flying back from the UK this morning.

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
06/08/2009 12:27

I have just talked to CTA in London for an update on this thread (it took over 1/4 of an hour to get through) and I understand that the strike yesterday put one aircraft back by about four hours (I guess the rest were roughly to time).



They do not expect any strike in Ercan today (but there could be more).



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