Flight and train strikes in France and Germany to affect Spain
Monday, April 9, 2018 @ 8:04 PM
AIRLINE and train strikes in France and Germany are causing long delays and cancellations to connections with Spain, the national government has confirmed.
France's national rail board, SNCF, started on Sunday evening at 19.00 and will continue until tomorrow (Tuesday) at 08.00, and is the first in a series of 36 days planned by staff in protest over their government's plans to amend workers' statutes within the State-owned transport company.
On average, a quarter of international rail routes to and from France have been affected and will be so on future strike days – Italy's cross-border trains have ground to a complete halt, and those linking up Girona, Barcelona and Valencia with Paris via Montpellier have suffered disruption, as has the Eurostar between Paris and London.
Air France workers are also on strike – 35% of pilots, 20.2% of cabin crew and 13% of ground staff – to put pressure on the firm to give them a 6% pay rise to cover increased living costs due to inflation over the past few years.
The first Air France strike day is tomorrow, and others are planned for April 17 and 18, a Tuesday and Wednesday, and for April 23 and 24, a Monday and a Tuesday.
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