French air traffic strike delays

Thousands of UK air travellers face possible delays and cancellations later today due to planned industrial action by French air traffic controllers. The strike will have the biggest impact in the southern area of France.

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Ryanair axes more than 70 flights due to French strike

Ryanair have cancelled more than 70 flights due to a one-day air strike by French air traffic controllers.

Ryanair have been forced to axe 70 flights today due to strikes by air traffic controllers Credit: Markus Scholz/DPA/Press Association Images

A number of the Ryanair cancellations involved services within continental Europe, but the axed flights also included some between UK and Ireland airports and French destinations including Paris, Biarritz, Nimes, Carcassonne, Bezier and Bergerac.

Some Ryanair services to and from Girona in Spain were also cancelled.

Easyjet cancels more than 50 flights amid French strikes

Thousands of travellers are enduring flight disruption today due to a strike by French air traffic controllers.

Easjet has been forced to cancel more than 50 services due to the action which started at 5am this morning, and is due to end at 7pm tonight. Easyjet said:

We will cancel at least 50 flights to and from Paris Charles de Gaulle, Paris Orly, Basel, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse.

The strike will also impact all flights that over-fly French airspace. More than 60% of our flights operate through French airspace and so there is a risk of delays and late notice cancellations depending on the scale and effects of the strike action.

Therefore, flights from the UK to destinations such as Spain, Portugal, Italy, Cyprus, Greece and North Africa face the threat of disruption.

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EasyJet warns passengers of possible flight disruption

Budget airline easyJet has already warned passengers of possible flight disruption and other UK carriers, including British Airways, are bound to be affected as well.

EasyJet said it had been asked by French civil aviation body the DGAC to reduce its flights from both Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly airports to southern European destinations by 30 per cent.

Flights to Basel, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseilles and Toulouse are also likely to be impacted.

Thousands face possible French air traffic strike delays

Thousands of UK air travellers face possible delays and cancellations later today due to planned industrial action by French air traffic controllers.

The strike will have the biggest impact in the southern area of France.

Airport firemen welcome an Easyjet. Credit: Masante Patrice/ABACA/Press Association Images

But it is expected that the industrial action will also have an effect on all flights that fly over France. Budget airline easyJet has already warned passengers of possible flight disruption and other UK carriers, including British Airways, are bound to be affected as well.

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