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...]
French Air Traffic Control on strike
Well, it's not the trains, it's now French Air Traffic Control deciding they want to go out on strike too. One of the airports affected in the industrial action - Paris Orly - Image, GhettoIFE Originally, two unions were meant to go out on strike. This has been reduced to one - however, this is forcing a reduction of 20% of possible flights. Action will centre on Bordeaux, … [Read more...]
French ATC Strike – 10th October
Well, this has been bubbling along, and the French are going to have a strike tomorrow, with the strike expected to 0430-1800 UTC (06:30CET to 20:00CET) according to EuroControl. The strike is being called over the European Single Sky plans. The strike will impact most on the South of France/Spain/Portugal border, but will hit most of France with some action expected … [Read more...]
French Air Traffic Control strike being cut by a day
In what can only be described as good news, the French Air Traffic Controllers who went on strike on Tuesday 06:00 will be finishing their strike a day early - Thursday 13th 05:59. The strike was due to finish on Friday 14 June 05:59. Yesterday, over 1800 flights were canceled, with domestic, European and international services all hit, cutting the flying programmes of most … [Read more...]
French ATC Traffic Strike – Expect delays and Cancellations
It's closing in on the summertime, so it means someone has to go out on strike. This time, it's the French Air Traffic controllers. The strike is set to begin Tuesday 06:00CET and end on Friday 05:59CET - a 72 hour strike action. DGAG - the French Civil Aviation Authority has requested carriers cut their services by 50% at the following airports: - Bordeaux - Lyon - … [Read more...]
