US EditionFrench Air Traffic Control Strike Cancels About 40% of Flights in Paris
- French air traffic controllers launched a 48-hour strike yesterday, leading to the cancellation of roughly 40% of flights at Paris airports and causing major disruptions.
- The strike responds to toxic work culture, staff shortages, low pay, and opposition to new oversight reforms prompted by a near-collision at Bordeaux airport.
- The National Civil Aviation Authority required airlines to reduce their schedules by canceling 40% of flights in Paris, 50% in Nice, and 30% in Marseille and Lyon. Ryanair announced it had scrapped over 400 flights, impacting approximately 70,000 travelers.
- UNSA-ICNA stated inflation erodes salaries and staffing is insufficient to handle surging travel, while Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot called their demands and strike timing unacceptable.
- The strike disrupted summer travel for nearly 300,000 passengers, prompting calls for EU air traffic reforms and warnings of ongoing delays across all French airports.
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The situation at Paris airports will be even more tense today as the civil aviation authority (DGAC) has asked carriers to cancel 40 percent of flights.
France Air Traffic Control Strike Continues; 1500 Flights Hit, 3 Lakh Travellers Across Europe Face Cancellations
France’s air traffic control officials are continuing their two-day strike to protest against toxic management, understaffing, and low pay. This major strike has affected over 1,500 flights and disrupted the travel plans of nearly 300,000 passengers. Here are the details. France Air Traffic Controllers Strike Disrupts Travel Plans The French ATC strike is totally unjustified, causing 1000s cancelled flights designed to inflict maximum misery f…
Since July 3rd, a strike by the sky's pointers has affected air traffic. At Beauvais-Tillé airport, in the Oise, 40% of flights are cancelled on the second day of mobilization.
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