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Air traffic controllers' strikes: exasperation mounts

2023-06-05T17:20:49.657Z

Highlights: Air traffic will once again be penalized by the strike against the pension reform on Tuesday. A third of flights will be cancelled at Orly. A fifth in Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux and Nantes. There have been forty days when air traffic control has not functioned normally because of strike calls. 10 million passengers were affected by these social movements between March and early April.. Senator Vincent Capo-Canellas has tabled a bill that aims to oblige air traffic controllers to declare 48 hours in advance whether they will be on strike.


10 million passengers were affected by these social movements between March and early April.


Air traffic will once again be penalized by the strike against the pension reform on Tuesday. A third of flights will be cancelled at Orly. A fifth in Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux and Nantes. A usual situation since the beginning of the year: there have been forty days when air traffic control has not functioned normally because of strike calls.

Given the central geographical position of the France, these strikes have cascading effects on all European air traffic. The air traffic watchdog of the Old Continent, Eurocontrol, has done the accounts: 10 million passengers were affected by these social movements between March and early April.

To remedy this situation, centrist Senator Vincent Capo-Canellas has tabled a bill that aims to oblige air traffic controllers to declare 48 hours in advance whether they will be on strike. Today, lacking this information, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) "shoots down" as a precaution a large number of flights the day before or the day before the social movement.

See alsoPlane, train: passenger rights in case of strike, delay or cancellation

Examined by the planning committee on Wednesday, this text will be debated in session in the Senate on June 15. The government has not said whether it will support it.

Companies will follow its path. "These strikes are causing extreme exasperation among airlines. They force them to go through other countries to avoid French airspace, "said Monday Willie Walsh, director general of IATA, which federates air carriers.

Ryanair has launched a petition to ask the European Union to sanctuarize overflights over French territory in the event of strikes. This text has obtained more than 1.1 million signatures.

Source: lefigaro

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