US EditionSeptember Air Traffic Strike in France Could Hit Travellers Hard
The strike follows previous July disruptions with over 1,400 daily flight cancellations reported by Eurocontrol, as unions protest pay, conditions, and proposed £44 billion budget cuts.
- France's largest air traffic control union, SNCTA, plans a 24-hour strike starting the morning of September 18, 2025, across the country.
- The strike follows a breakdown in dialogue with France's Civil Aviation Authority over pay, inflation adjustments, and management reforms, after earlier summer disruptions.
- SNCTA represents about 60 percent of French controllers and has favored social dialogue, but describes the current governance as mistrustful and punitive, blocking progress.
- A Eurocontrol report showed July strikes delayed an average 3,713 flights daily and cancelled 1,422, while Ryanair said strikes cost airlines over £100 million.
- The September strike risks significant travel disruption for thousands of passengers, with cancellation details to be given 48 hours in advance and passengers urged to contact airlines.
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While air traffic controllers announced a strike on 18 September, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot denounces "untimely notice"
SNCTA, the majority union of French air traffic controllers, announced a strike on Thursday 18 September, invoking a "failure of social dialogue" Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot
The national union of air traffic controllers plans to table a strike notice on 18 September. Minister of Transport Philippe Tabarot the judge "untimely" and considers that he "places the threat of further disruptions". - "I will not give in": the Minister of Transport inflexible after the call for the strike of air traffic controllers (Transports).
The main union of air traffic controllers asks for the "full catch-up of inflation" in terms of wages for 2024, but also for a change in the governance of the profession.
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