The strike by French air traffic controllers on Thursday canceled hundreds of flights, leaving thousands of passengers in Lurch at the beginning of the summer season – one of the busiest time of the year for the journey.
France’s Civil Aviation Authority DGAC said the airlines need to modify their schedule, including Rosi Charles de Gaul Airport in Paris – one of the busiest trip to Europe.
After 10 am on Thursday (0800 UTC/GMT), the AFP news agency reported that the flights were experiencing significant delays, which included an average of 1.5 hours for arrival and 1 hour for departure in NIC, France’s third largest airport.
Ryanier’s CEO Slam Strim Strike Action
Europe’s largest airline Ryanier said that more than 30,000 passengers were forced to cancel 170 flights on Thursday and Friday.
“European families are once again conducted by French air traffic controllers for ransom to go on strike,” said Ryanier’s CEO Michael O’Lery.
“This is no meaning and is inappropriate by abundance on the European Union travelers and families going on holidays,” O’Leeri said.
Another popular budget airline, Ezizet, said it would cancel 274 flights during the same period.
Airlines for the Europe Association, including Ryanier, Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, British Airways and Ezizet, explained the action as “unbearable”.
Why are air traffic controllers striking
Air Traffic Controllers Union, Asiana, said that members were taking action on intelligent, old equipment and a toxic management culture.
“DGAC is failing to modernize the devices that are required for air traffic controllers, even though it continues to promise that all necessary resources have been made available,” UNSA-BCNA said in a statement.
French Transport Minister Philip Tabarot said that the demands of the Sangh are unacceptable.
Taberot said on Wednesday, “The demands made by the Minority Association are unacceptable, as the decision to organize this strike at the beginning of the holiday season.”
Edited by: Elizabeth Shumacker
