Those who have planned to travel by air to and from will suffer today Franceas tens of thousands of flights are expected to be canceled despite the lifting of a strike warning by the largest union of air traffic controllers.
As reported by the French media, approx 2,000 flights are expected to be canceled during the day, while at least thousands (of flights) will face delays.
According to updates from the airlines, within the day 75% of the flights at the airport will be cancelled Paris-Orly and 55% of flights at the airport Paris-Roissy. The problems will be similar in the south-east of France.
Reductions in scheduled flights upon request Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC)65% will arrive at the Marseille-Provence airport and 45% at the other airports in the country.
Those rates are, according to the airports, more or less the same as originally requested Tuesday night, before the announcement of a management agreement with the union, the SNCTA.
“The flight cancellations are happening even after the announcement by SNCTA, the largest union air traffic controllers of France, that it is calling off the April 25 strike after reaching an agreement with management on working conditions. The deal came too late to avoid traffic disruptions and talks had not yet been concluded with other unions.” said a representative of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation.
As the newspaper reports Le Parisienthe Ryanair had warned it would have to cancel more than 300 flights, including from Great Britain to Spain or Italy, as a result of today’s air traffic controller strikes.
It is noted that Ryanair had once again asked European officials to put more pressure on France to limit the effects of labor strikes.
“French air traffic controllers are free to strike, that’s their right, but we should be canceling French flights, not flights leaving Ireland to Italy, or flights from Germany to Spain or from Scandinavia to Portugal”its CEO said yesterday Ryanair Michael O’Leary, in his statement.
Airline officials also expressed strong concern that, if air traffic controller strikes continue, they could jeopardize the Paris Olympics if sufficient deals are not reached before the start of the top sporting event.
According to Swiss media, the group’s Transavia Air France-KLMannounced for today the cancellation of 198 flights while the Air France warned that “significant cancellations and delays are expected.”
About 1,100 passengers are affected by flight cancellations to Switzerland, a spokesman for Swiss Airlines said.
EasyJet also announced the cancellation of flights from Geneva to several regional airports in France.
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