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.
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According to AENA, the air traffic controllers’ strike called for Thursday in France is affecting 54 flights between the Balearic Islands and French airports. 17 arrivals and 16 departures to and from Palma are affected, with some flights being rescheduled. The French authorities estimate that at least 60 per cent of flights to and from French […]
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.
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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
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Ryanair urges European Commission to protect overflights and keep EU skies openRyanair has demanded that the EU reform its skies after the airline was forced to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe scheduled for Thursday because of a strike by French air traffic controllers.The cancellations come in spite of the withdrawal of strike action by one of the biggest unions, the SNCTA, which came too late to avoid disruption after France’s civil aviation authority asked airlines to cut flights....
According to initial estimates, up to 70 percent of flights in and out of France could be cancelled as air traffic controllers call a strike to protest against proposed changes to their navigation system.