Workers at Edinburgh Airport have voted to strike for over Christmas and New Year in a pay dispute.
The strike action, by airport tanker drivers working for North Air, will begin at 5am on 18 December and continue every day until 5am on 6 January. The union Unite warns of widespread disruption, as North Air is the only fuel supply company providing services to domestic and long-haul flights from Edinburgh.
They include United Airlines to New York and Emirates to Dubai along with Loganair’s domestic routes to the islands.
Unite Industrial Officer Carrie Binnie said: “Unite has had no option but to confirm imminent industrial action.
“North Air now has very limited time to resolve this dispute.”
She said that, unless a deal is agreed, there is ‘serious risk of causing widespread travel disruption at Edinburgh airport over the festive season’.
