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Old 22-07-08, 08:03 PM
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Default General Transport Strike Italy Today

Including flights!!! Anyone affected???

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Does anybody know how long the strike is for. My fella has a flight from Naples on Monday evening to London.
Thanks, and hope it didnt mess up anybody elses journey plans.
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Don't worry, the strike reported in the link was last year - in November.
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Hey...How stupid do I feel now!!! But thanks for putting my mind at rest.
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I assumed CNN would be bang up to date so sorry.
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Thank goodness for that!
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Ministero dei Trasporti


This is the link to the page on the Minstero dei Trasporti website where they list all the proposed transport strikes - bear in mind, many do not actully go ahead.
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For six years I regularly commuted between southern England and Italy (various airports). Despite there being a strike on some occasions, I always got to where I wanted to be, eventually, as not every train/bus company was involved. So once you arrive in Italy there is always a solution. My most memorable moment was being interviewed at a nearly empty Termini stazione, by a radio journalist, who, once he had switched off his equipment, said in English Signora...welcome to the third world... !
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