Attica is without a taxi for 48 hours after a decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the union's Board of Directors. The strike started this morning at 06:00 (local time), Wednesday, May 28 and will end at 06:00 in the morning (local time), Friday, May 30.
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As part of the 48-hour strike mobilization, a rally with cars will take place on Wednesday, May 28 at 10:30 a.m. at the junction of Athinon and Antigonis Avenue (front to Kifissou Avenue). This will be followed by a bus ride to the taxi parking lot at Athens airport.
Due to the 48-hour taxi strike, the bus and metro routes for the lines of the "El. Venizelos".
The decision was taken to facilitate the movement of citizens and visitors of Athens.
The Airport's express bus lines The bus
lines that will be reinforced on May 28 and 29 are the following:
X95 Syntagma – Athens Airport (Express): every 15 minutes, X96 Piraeus – Athens Airport (Express): every 12 minutes,
X93 St. Intercity Avenue Kifissos – Athens Airport (Express): every 15 minutes, X97 Athens Airport – St. Elliniko (Express, circular): every 30 minutes.
For accurate information on departures and routes to and from the Airport, passengers can consult the OASA Telematics System.
Today and tomorrow, from 9.30 a.m. to 16.00 p.m., the Metro routes to and from the Airport will be enhanced.
To meet the expanded needs, an additional auxiliary train is being launched, which will operate the route Doukissis Plakentias – Airport – Doukissis Plakentias.
For more information, passengers can also contact the OASA information center 11185
Among the demands of SATA are:
-Suspension of the measure that imposes from 1/1/2026 the classification of only zero-emission vehicles as taxis.
-Regulation of the operation of electronic applications, which – as denounced by SATA – operate under a regime of unfair competition, avoiding taxation.
-Distinct separation of the services offered by taxis from those of rental vehicles with a driver.
-Adjustment of the fare based on the percentage increase of the minimum wage.
-Abolition of the provisions of the new tax law and establishment of a tax-free limit of 12,000 euros.
-Zero or reduced VAT for the purchase of commercial taxi vehicles.
-Permanent reduction of the EFK or fuel subsidy for professionals in the sector.
-Reduction of VAT on taxi fares.
SATA calls on the government to engage in direct dialogue, pointing out that the motorist sector is facing serious economic pressures and unequal competition.
