A six-day walkout by French air controllers is planned for next week
Sunday, June 22, 2014 @ 11:29 AM
WALKOUT CANCELLED FROM THURSDAY MORNING
A six-day walkout by French air controllers is planned for next week, beginning on Tuesday.
French unions have voted to strike in the midst of the summer getaway, in a move which is set to bring misery to thousands of British holidaymakers
Thousands of British holidaymakers face delays and cancellations to their journeys next week due to a strike by French air traffic controllers.
Members of France’s two biggest air traffic controllers’ unions will begin a six-day walkout on Tuesday in protest at budget cuts.
A similar strike last June caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights, with the number of movements through French airspace cut by 50 per cent, and a further wave of industrial action in January saw 20 per cent of short and medium-haul flights in and out of Paris grounded.
French officials warned passengers to expect “heavy disruption” to journeys between June 24 and 29, and said a minimum of 50 per cent of scheduled flights would be maintained.
Skyscanner, the flight comparison site, estimates there are 354 direct flights scheduled from UK airports to France during the strike period.
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