Bergen Airport – 53 employees If there is a strike, the consequences will initially mean that you can only handle ambulance flights, search and rescue, piloted helicopters and helicopter traffic to/from offshore. This means that all ordinary passenger traffic will stop from Wednesday 12 June at 12.00. If the strike continues, all ordinary air traffic at Bergen Airport will be stopped, including ambulance flights on Saturday 15 June and Sunday 16 June. – For travelers at Bergen Airport, the strike has major direct consequences as all passenger traffic comes to a standstill. This means that travelers who have planned to fly to or from Bergen Airport should consider finding alternative ways to travel, says airport director Helge Eidsnes. Brønnøysund Airport – 11 employees For Brønnøysund, which also has offshore helicopter traffic, the withdrawal will mean that the airport cannot handle any traffic. Neither commercial traffic, ambulance flights nor offshore traffic. – If the strike becomes a fact, we will close all traffic. Personnel who are critical to us being able to stay open have been taken out. This means that travelers who have planned to fly to or from Brønnøysund Airport should consider finding alternative ways to travel, says airport manager Glenn-Robert Johnsen. Førde airport – 6 employees The withdrawal will mean that the airport cannot handle air traffic. Cork scheduled flights or ambulance flights. There is no offshore traffic from this airport. Smaller private planes and helicopters will not be affected. – If the strike becomes a fact, we must close all passenger traffic. Personnel who are critical to us being able to stay open for this type of flight are being taken out. This means that travelers who have planned to fly to or from Førde airport should consider finding alternative ways to travel, says airport manager Kjell Otto Gjesdal. Kirkenes air port – 15 employees Kirkenes air port is a base for ambulance flights and thus has an important role in providing ambulance aircraft for use in patient transport. For Kirkenes airport, the withdrawal initially means that the airport will only handle Widerøe flights and ambulance flights on certain days, while it will be closed to all traffic on some days. – We manage to stop Widerøe’s traffic and ambulance traffic on some days. But then we have to close to all traffic at some point. This means that travelers who have planned to fly to or from Kirkenes airport from the possible start of the strike should consider finding alternative ways to travel, says airport manager Lars Paulsen. Kristiansand Airport – 10 employees Kristiansand Airport manages to operate almost normally during the day, but in the afternoon/evening the airport can only handle ambulance flights and smaller Widerøe machines. – If there is a strike, it will have the greatest consequences for travelers in the afternoon and evening. This means that travelers who have planned to fly to or from Kristiansand Airport in the afternoons with a company other than Widerøe should consider finding alternative ways to travel, says airport manager Arne Johan Johnsen. Oslo airport – 27 employees Noverande withdrawal has little effect on Oslo airport. Planned maintenance and minor work would have to be postponed, but there will be no impact on travelers if the strike becomes a fact. – There may be consequences for Oslo airport as a result of the strike elsewhere. But operations are going almost as normal with us, says airport director Thorgeir Landevaag. Ålesund Airport – 18 employees Ålesund Airport is the base for ambulance flights and thus has an important role in providing ambulance aircraft for use in patient transport. For Ålesund Airport, the withdrawal initially means that the airport will only handle ambulance flights during the day, and will be closed to all traffic in the afternoon and evening. – We are able to stop ambulance traffic until 15:00 Wednesday, but then we have to close to all traffic from the afternoon onwards. This means that travelers who have planned to fly to or from Ålesund Airport from the possible start of the strike should consider finding alternative ways to travel, says airport manager Bent Helge Sjursen. Source: Avinor
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A possible Avinor strike in aviation will affect Flesland, Brønnøysund and Førde
