A clear track at the train station in Vicenza, Italy, in December 2024. A series of upcoming strikes in Italy will affect rail and air travel. (Rebecca Holland/Stars and Stripes)

Walkouts by airline and railway workers in Italy in the coming days are likely to delay plans for many travelers, including American service members stationed at bases around the country.

The first planned strikes are set for Sunday and involve airports in Venice and Naples, both of which are close to U.S. bases. Milan’s airport, one of the region’s busiest, also will be impacted.

Baggage handlers across the country will take part in a 24-hour walkout, according to Italian media reports. A starting time has not been publicly announced.

From noon to 4 p.m. the same day, workers for a company that manages air traffic control operations in Italy also will strike, according to the Transport Ministry.

Check-in, baggage services and flight times would be affected by those two strikes.

On March 18, a 24-hour strike of workers at four Italian rail operators is slated to begin at 9 p.m. The affected train services are Trenitalia, Italo, Trenord and Trenitalia TPER.

Regional and long-distance train services could be canceled or delayed, though rush-hour services in the morning and evening are guaranteed, according to the Transport Ministry website.

A day later, the UGL Ferrovieri, FAST-Confsal and ORSA Trasporti unions will take part in a separate strike from 9:01 a.m. to 4:59 p.m.

The railway unions say the right to strike is under threat, according to a statement from FAST-Confsal. The strikes come in the midst of contract negotiations.

In Germany, meanwhile, most flights were canceled Monday at 13 major airports nationwide as union workers staged a 24-hour strike.

At Frankfurt Airport, more than 1,000 of the day’s 1,116 scheduled takeoffs and landings were canceled, according to German news agency DPA.