Passengers to and from Larnaca airport should expect transport delays next Tuesday, as the city's drivers have declared a four hour work stoppage, with the district branch of the national federation citing reasons of 'professional survival' in its relevant statement.
The stoppage will take place from 7 to 11 on the morning of January 13th, with unions warning that if no immediate and substantive action is taken, with solutions provided, escalation will quickly follow, with a 24 hour strike on January 20th.
If there is still no change, they will move to an indefinite strike, starting January 28th.
'Our patients has run out', Larnaca district drivers said in their statement, adding that despite numerous meetings with the Licensing Authority and the Road Transport Department, there has been no concrete action.
'On the contrary, things are now out of control and we are facing survival issues', they noted.
The drivers point out that passenger apps are operating without any sort of monitoring, particularly at Larnaca airport.
Pertinent to this central point of their argument, they make two 'non-negotiable' demands.
The immediate rooting out of all app signals and activities from Larnaca Airport and out of the district, where they are licensed and a strict adherence to the 'city drivers first' regulation, for taxis registered in Larnaca.
'Without exceptions, windows or other interpretations', as they put it.
The Larnaca taxi drivers want nothing more than the implementation of relevant legislation, as they conclude, sounding a clear warning that if no action is taken, 'responsibility for everything that follows will weigh on those who knew and did nothing.'