Ben Gurion Airport
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Airports Authority, Ben Gurion workers strike deal
54 additional employees will be hired to meet increased flight demands over the summer and High Holydays
The Israel Airports Authority and the Ben Gurion Airport workers' committee reached an agreement on Monday according to which 54 additional employees would be hired to meet the increased flight demands over the summer and High Holydays.
All flights that were schedule to depart in the early hours of Monday morning were delayed by at least 2 hours due to the heavy traffic at the airport.
Meanwhile, flight 794, which was scheduled to depart for Antalya, Turkey on Sunday at 3 pm, was delayed by 17 hours due to a strike by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) workers strike.
Transportation Ministry officials said this strike would have a limited effect as only a few charter flights have not been approved.
They added that all regular flights scheduled to depart within the next two weeks have already been approved, so the strike would only be felt, if at all, in two weeks' time.
The workers decided to launch the strike in protest of tenders issued by the Transportation Ministry for the recruitment of employees on a personal contract basis, contrary to a previous agreement with the Histadrut labor federation.
CAA employees launched a strike about three weeks ago, which lasted a number of days. The CAA's workers union and the Histadrut are in the midst of negotiations with the Transportation Ministry over structural changes the government plans to implement in the CAA.
Tani Goldstein contributed to the report
