US EditionFrench Air Traffic Control Strikes Cause Flight Delays Across Europe
- On July 3, 2025, air traffic controllers in France began a two-day walkout that led to numerous flight cancellations at major airports in the country and caused disruptions throughout European airspace.
- The strike arose from demands for better staffing, upgraded equipment, and protest against a government reform introducing mandatory check-in systems prompted by a 2022 near-miss at Bordeaux Airport.
- The DGAC instructed airlines to reduce flights by 25% to 50%, leading Ryanair to cancel 170 flights impacting over 30,000 passengers, while Air France maintained long-haul services and airlines warned of knock-on delays.
- Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary criticized the ongoing strike by French air traffic controllers, emphasizing that the resulting disruptions mainly affected flights passing through French airspace rather than those originating or ending in France, thereby causing significant inconvenience for European travelers.
- Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot deemed the unions' demands unacceptable and insisted the flight safety reform was non-negotiable, signaling ongoing tensions with expected worsening disruptions during the summer holiday period.
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The strike comes just as the French summer holidays are starting, affecting hundreds of thousands of travellers.
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French air traffic controllers began a two-day strike on Thursday to demand better working conditions, disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of Europeans at the start of the summer holiday season.
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