Malpensa Strike November 22: 24 Hours of Flight Disruption

Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has listed a 24-hour strike of ENAV staff at Milan Malpensa Airport for Sunday, 22 November 2026. The official national strike register names the category as company personnel of ENAV, Italy’s air navigation service provider, at Aeroporto di Milano Malpensa. The action runs from 00:01 to 24:00. RSA FAST-CONFSAL-AV filed the notice on 30 September 2026. The row is tagged national because air-traffic work at Malpensa can ripple through arrivals and departures that use that airport.

If you hold a ticket into or out of Malpensa on 22 November, treat the day as a disruption risk now. Recheck the airline’s own operating notice, and keep a Linate or Bergamo alternative only after the carrier confirms it. Travelers who still plan time in the city can keep a Milan ground plan from our guide to things to do in Milan while the airside picture is unsettled.

An independent reprint of the same ministry table on Unique Visitor’s 2026 air and rail strike roundup matches the Malpensa date, duration, union, and ENAV category.

The Ministry Register Names Malpensa ENAV Staff for November 22

The load-bearing facts sit on one ministry row: 22 November 2026, air sector, 24 hours from 00:01 to 24:00, union RSA FAST-CONFSAL-AV, category PERSONALE SOC. ENAV AEROPORTO DI MILANO MALPENSA, relevance national, proclaimed and received 30 September 2026 at 17:34.

ENAV provides air-traffic services in Italian airspace and at Italian airports. A strike of ENAV staff assigned to Malpensa hits the people who sequence departures, arrivals, and local airspace around that field. Whether flights operate depends on staffing, any later ENAC list, and how carriers thin the bank.

The register row currently notes, in Italian, that flights to and from Bari Airport are guaranteed. That wording is on the Malpensa ENAV line as published. It does not name a Malpensa airline, terminal, or runway.

ENAC Has Not Posted a November 22 Guaranteed-Flight List

Italy’s civil aviation authority, ENAC, publishes the list of flights treated as indispensable during an air-transport strike. Its guaranteed-flights page states that those lists rest on airline schedules and on Delibera 14/387 of the strike-guarantee commission.

As of the page’s last update on 28 September 2026, the only attached list is the PDF for the ENAV staff strike of 30 September 2026. There is no 22 November Malpensa attachment. Do not invent a protected Malpensa bank from older PDFs or from the Bari note.

The same ENAC page states that during air strikes, protected bands from 07:00 to 10:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00 must still be operated. Those six hours are the legal floor, not a promise that every Malpensa departure in those windows will fly on time. Ask the airline for the status of the specific flight.

The November 21 National ENAV Strike Is a Separate Four-Hour Action

The register lists another ENAV action the day before. On 21 November 2026, FILT-CGIL and UGL-TA have a four-hour national strike of ENAV company staff from 13:00 to 17:00. That row does not limit the category to Malpensa. Deep Arrival already covers the national ENAV and Techno Sky stream at the live ENAV strike briefing. The 21 November window is a candidate update to that stream, not a second Malpensa story.

Keep the two dates apart when you rebook. Moving a 22 November Malpensa long-haul to 21 November may trade a 24-hour local action for a four-hour national one. Moving to 23 November leaves both listed ENAV dates. The airport’s public name remains Malpensa in traveler search even after the 2026 Silvio Berlusconi naming, covered in the Terminal 1 access note.

Booking, Rebooking, and Connection Choices for November 22

The useful decision is whether 22 November is still the right day to use Malpensa. For a leisure arrival, a refundable night on 21 November plus a same-carrier backup on 23 November is the cheap hedge. For a tight long-haul connection, add layover time or use a hub that does not depend on Malpensa tower staff.

Airlines, not the ministry, cancel or retime individual flights. Take the rebooking path in the app or at the validating carrier’s ticket office. Codeshare passengers should work the operating carrier for the aircraft and the validating carrier for the ticket. A listed strike is evidence of disruption, not an automatic change-fee waiver.

EU261 care and rerouting still apply when an air-navigation strike stops a flight. Cash compensation is often limited when air-traffic control is the cause, because that is treated as an extraordinary circumstance. Meals, hotels, and a reroute remain the care baseline. File the request with the operating airline in writing the same day.

Milan Ground Options If Airside Capacity Drops

Malpensa sits northwest of Milan. Linate is the in-town airport. Bergamo Orio al Serio is the third Milan-area field. This ministry row names ENAV staff at Malpensa only. That is not a guarantee Linate or Bergamo will run a normal Sunday; it is a reason not to copy the strike onto them without a separate register line.

If your carrier offers a same-ticket change to Linate or Bergamo, confirm the ground transfer before you accept. A passenger who lands at Bergamo still needs time to reach a Milan hotel. Recheck the ministry register in the week before travel; Italian strike notices can be revoked or shortened.