Ground staff at airports downed tools at 10am and did not return until 6pm.
Pilots and cabin crew for Vueling went on strike at the same time, while pilots for Malta Air, which operates some Ryanair flights, halted work between midday and 4pm.
Consumer association Codacons estimated that around 1000 flights were cancelled with around 25,000 passengers affected as a result.
At Naples airport alone 118 flights were cancelled, while 150 were scrapped at Milan’s Linate and Malpensa airports.
Ita Airways said it has had to cancel 133 domestic and international flights.
Codacons said it has filed complaints at criminal prosecutors in 104 Italian towns and cities and at the national audit Court over the alleged illegal interruption of a public service.
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