\n Ryanair has announced it has been forced to make changes to “a small number of flights” at Norwich as a 24-hour air traffic control strike has grounded all flights from the airport today.\n<\/p>\n
\n Earlier this week, the airline said it planned to carry on as normal and did not expect any disruption to its operation, leaving customers confused.\n<\/p>\n
\n Here is everything we know about Norwich airports closure due to strike action (Image: Denise Bradley)\n<\/p>\n
\n However, the airline has now issued an update, saying: “Due to an Air Traffic Control strike in Norwich on Fri 28 Aug, we have been forced to make airport changes to a small number of flights to\/from Norwich Airport.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Affected passengers have been notified of their options via email.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We ask all passengers due to travel to\/from Norwich Airport on Fri 28 Aug to keep an eye on the Ryanair app for the latest updates on their flight.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Holidaymakers like Emma Brinn from Norwich have had to pay for backup flights from other airports.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s madness,” she said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Emma Brin, from Norwich was due to fly to Alicante from the airport (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n “I have had to pay for a backup flight out of Stansted on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I can’t action anything on Ryanair until they notify me. It is very frustrating!”\n<\/p>\n
\n The planned industrial action is part of an ongoing dispute with the Prospect union members in air traffic control over pay and parental leave.\n<\/p>\n
\n The union is calling for a 10pc pay increase to bring salaries in line with industry standards.\n<\/p>\n
\n Other airlines, including TUI, have made arrangements for passengers in light of the strikes.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cancellations include TUI flights from Norwich to Dalaman in Turkey, Corfu and Majorca.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is understood Prospect is currently considering all of its options.\n<\/p>\n
\n This includes more strike days if the airport management does not come to them with an offer, including improvements to pensions and maternity and paternity leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryanair has announced it has been forced to make changes to “a small number of flights” at Norwich…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-752489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}