Greek strike to disrupt flights on July 25

Flights in and out of Greece will be disrupted on July 25 when air traffic controllers go on strike over a state reform plan, a union leader said on Tuesday.

Yannis Kourmoulakis, general secretary of the controllers union, said the strike would start on Sunday and last a day.

"The government is not listening to us. Their reforms will not solve our problems," he told Reuters. The union's main demands include more jobs as well as payment for overtime work.

Greece's labour unions have staged repeated strikes this year against austerity measures and reforms the debt-stricken country has agreed with the IMF and its euro zone partners in return for a 110 billion euro ($138 billion) bailout.

The strikes have affected the tourism sector, which accounts for nearly a fifth of Greece's 240 billion euro economy.

Air traffic controllers and members of public sector union ADEDY, did not take part in May and June walkouts, saying they sought to avoid hurting the vital sector. "Unfortunately they (the government) did not make use of the time we gave them," Kourmoulakis said.