US EditionFrance Asks Airlines to Reduce Flights Due to Planned Air Traffic Controller Strike
- On July 3-4, 2025, French air traffic controllers initiated a 48-hour work stoppage, causing widespread flight disruptions across the country during the peak European summer vacation period.
- The strike was organized by UNSA-ICNA and USAC-CGT unions demanding increased staffing, better working conditions, and opposing a new clock-in system amid safety concerns.
- French aviation regulators ordered airlines to reduce flights by 25% to 40% at Paris and nearby airports, leading to over 900 canceled flights and widespread delays that are anticipated to intensify.
- Ryanair called off 170 flights, impacting more than 30,000 travelers, while EasyJet announced it would cancel 274 flights; meanwhile, Lufthansa, Air France, and British Airways adjusted their schedules to minimize disruption.
- The strike caused extensive travel disruption during a critical holiday period, prompting calls for EU air traffic control reforms and advising passengers on rights under EU Regulation 261/2004.
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Stirile Antena 1 ObservatorA strike by air traffic controllers in France has caused a 25 to 50 percent reduction in the number of flights at the country's main airports, with nearly 933 cancellations, huge delays and a large number of affected passengers, causing significant financial losses for airlines and the air traffic control system, the newspaper "Quittienne" reports.
Prime Minister François Bayrou declared yesterday that he was "shocked" by this strike and accused the strikers of "taking the French hostage."
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