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It’s Thursday. Time for another French ATC strike

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It's Thursday. And obviously, that means it must be time for French Air Traffic Control to go out of strike as part of the French unions calling for a national strike on the 19th May. Again. Paris Orly Airport - Expect cancellations to be visible here.. - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Cancellations are everywhere including: Ryanair - … [Read more...]

French Rail Strike – 26th April

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It seems each time I write about France, there's normally a strike or protest going on. Well, it seems that the unions supporting the French Rail workers are going out on strike. All the major unions - CGT, Unsa, Sud and CFDT - are all heading out on strike. The strike is due to run from 25h April 2016 from 19:00, through the 26th April, with services resuming on at 08:00 … [Read more...]

France ATC Strike action continues

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It seems those in France are enjoying yet another strike by French Air Traffic Controllers. This time, Pairs Orly, Beauvais, Lyon, Nice and Marseille are all hit by strike action, with airlines requested to reduce their traffic by at least 20% - and Orly to take a cut between 33% and 50%. Paris Orly Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Airlines reporting delays and … [Read more...]

Here we go again… It’s another Lufthansa Strike!

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It's been in the offing for a while, but it seems that Vereinigung Cockpit is still annoyed at Lufthansa over retirement ages and benefits, and is going out on strike on the 8th September. Lufthansa Airbus A330-300 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond This time, Long Haul and Cargo flights will be hit, with 90 long haul flights being axed, and all … [Read more...]

Time for another London Underground strike

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It's time to make alternative plans if you're spending any time in Greater London over the next few days as another strike affecting London Underground comes around. The strike called by the union is over the planned launch of the Night Tube services - which will allow some London Underground services to operate 24 hours during weekends. Transport for London predict there … [Read more...]

London Underground Strike – It’s on

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For those of you visiting London, or suffer with the daily commute in and around the city, there's bad news in terms how you will get around. London Underground drivers of the RMT, Unite and TSSA unions will be walking out on strike from 18:30 today (Wednesday evening) for 24 hours. Meanwhile ASLEF members will be walking out from 21:30 today for 24 hours too. Transport for … [Read more...]

French Air Traffic Controllers due to go out on Strike (8th and 9th April)

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Time for another strike - this time from the French Air Traffic Controllers who are deciding to spend 48 hours from 06:00CET 8th April to 05:59 10th April. The strike has been called by SNCTA, who are calling for action over working practices as well as the retirement age (currently 59 for air traffic controllers) Airlines have been asked to cut their services, the … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Strike Day 4: Long Haul Flights

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If you haven't been paying attention, Lufthansa has been under the foot of Vereinigung Cockpit as the union has been calling its members out on strike. Well Lufthansa Strike Day 4 commences today. Which is inconvenient at best. The past three days have alternated between short/medium haul and long haul services. Today, it's the turn of the long haul operation to suffer … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Strike Day 3: Enough for everyone yet? (no chance – long haul strike on Saturday).

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As we move into the third day of strikes by Vereinigung Cockpit, Lufthansa passengers will be groaning about more strike action affecting travel. Currently, in terms of short to mid-haul flights, 815 flights will be affected that are operated by Lufthansa main line. Flights operated by Germanwings ,Eurowings, Lufthansa Cityline as well as other Lufthansa group airlines … [Read more...]