French air traffic control strikes cause flight delays throughout Europe

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A two -day strike began from air traffic in France on Thursday, which resulted in the disruption of flights throughout Europe and caused a widespread delay of passengers with the start of the summer holiday season across the continent.

French air traffic controllers called for increasing employees and better conditions than FranceThe General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC), the body responsible for airport security and air field.

To respond to the turmoil, DGAC asked airlines to cancel a quarter of flights at Paris airports on Thursday and 40 percent on Friday. There will also be a widespread turbulence in airports in southern France, including cancellation in Nice, Lyon, Marseille and Montelier.

Airlines said that the measures will affect flights that pass through French airspace, and come at the beginning of the holiday season for many European countries.

British Airways indicated that it plans to use larger aircraft for some flights to accommodate passengers from canceled flights.

“Like all airlines, due to the industrial measures made by French air traffic control, we had to make some adjustments to our schedule,” said the airline, which is part of the International Airlines Group.

RyanaireThe largest airline in Europe said on Thursday that it had canceled 170 flights, which affected more than 30,000 passengers.

The company called on the European Commission to intervene to prevent future disturbance, by reforming air traffic control legislation. He said that the European Union should ensure the full employment of the first wave of daily departure and the protection of flights that pass through the French airspace during the national ATC strikes.

The CEO of the airline Michael Olieri said that cancellation and delay in flights on the French airspace on their way to its destination due to the “unacceptable” strike.

Kenton Jarvis, CEO of Easyjet, the CEO of the competing airline, called on the French government to prevent future turmoil from almost annual summer strikes by air traffic monitors in France.

His company indicated that it indicates data from the EuroControl Authority, which showed that France represents more delay in air traffic than any other European country.

“I urge the French government to find long-term solutions to prevent our customers’ disruption-and to protect the speed decisively-when the strike occurs,” Garvis said, adding that more work should be done to reduce and prevent disturbance in the future.

Usac-CGT, one of the unions that lead the strikes, said that DGAC must “change the path” to blame “chronic employees, unbalanced social agreement, group, authoritarian management, wide-ranging police, additional additions and public service deterioration.”

France’s Minister of Transport, Philip Tabarut, described the union’s demands as “unacceptable”, saying that the government will not deserve them. He referred to salary reviews in 2024, adding that the state -owned air losses can reach millions of euros.