Algeria: Many Air Algérie flights canceled Jan. 25 amid renewed strike /update 2

Event

Most Air Algérie flights from Algiers were canceled on Thursday, January 25, as the Syndicat National du Personnel Navigant Commercial (SNPNC), a union representing the airline's crewmembers, renewed strike actions at Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG). It is unclear when the strike will end. Additional flight disruptions are expected in the coming days and weeks until a resolution - mutually agreeable to both the airline workers' union and airline management - is reached.

Context

The union reportedly demands higher wages as part of a pay raise schedule instituted in January 2017; the schedule, however, was rescinded following a change in airline management. The airline claims that it was incapable of raising wages for its workers due to ongoing financial difficulties.

A related strike held on January 22 had been declared illegal by an Algerian court; the union contested the decision, and announced its intention to stage new strike actions shortly thereafter.

Advice

Potentially affected travelers are advised to monitor developments to the situation and confirm the status of their flights prior to departure for the airport. ​