French air traffic controller strike threaten travel chaos at Paris airports


by France 24

France 24— French air traffic controllers are to stage a one-day strike Thursday that risks seeing most flights cancelled at the two main Paris airports, France's leading aviation association warned Tuesday.

@thelocalfrance—French air traffic control unions threaten fresh strikes over May holiday weekend. With predictions that this week's strike will lead to 'massive' disruption for travellers, the largest union representing French air traffic controllers has threatened further action over the May holiday weekend.

Le Monde.fr—French air traffic controllers cancel strike. Unions had called for a major strike on Thursday after a breakdown of negotiations on salary increases and other measures in a planned overhaul of France's air traffic control system.

Japan Today—Thousands of flights scrapped as French air traffic controllers strike. Thousands of flights were cancelled in France and Europe on Thursday as a strike by French air traffic controllers over pay caused stoppages not seen in two decades. Airlines cut more than half of their normal flight schedules at Paris's two main airports Orly and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, with many flights