Air traffic to and from Belgium will be halted on Tuesday afternoon around 2 p.m. due to unrest among the air traffic controllers at Skeyes. The company has confirmed this The Latest News. This concerns hundreds of flights that are therefore unable to take off or land.
According to information on the website of the European air traffic controller Eurocontrol, air traffic will be halted until 9 p.m. Two hundred flights to and from Brussels Airport have been canceled.
The unrest at Skeyes is related to negotiations between management and unions about the planned transition to a digital control center for the airports of Liège and Charleroi. That center will be in Namur. This creates uncertainty among staff, because fewer air traffic controllers will be needed in the long term.
Skeyes manages air traffic to and from Belgian airports and airspace up to an altitude of approximately 7,500 meters. Airplanes flying higher over the country are guided by Eurocontrol.
On the night of Monday to Tuesday a spontaneous strike already took place at Skeyes. Flights were delayed or canceled at several Belgian airports.
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