Flights to Greece will be cancelled today as a 24-hour general strike gets underway.
A huge turnout is expected for the walkouts in protest against the nation’s austerity measures.
EasyJet has cancelled about 30 flights and is offering passengers a refund, while British Airways has cancelled seven services. Ryanair has cancelled six flights. Trains and ferries will also be halted.
The country’s main labor unions ADEDY and GSEE expect hundreds of thousands of people to strike and thousands to take to the streets.
“Unfortunately the new measures are just extending the unfair and barbaric policies which suck dry workers’ rights and revenues and push the economy deeper into recession and debt,” GSEE spokesman Stathis Anestis told Reuters.