Paris (AP) – France strike Air traffic controllers The search for better working conditions brought chaos to the top of the European summer travel season after approximately 40% of flights to Paris and Paris were canceled on Friday.
Disruption began to hit the airport on France on Thursday. These intensified Friday when the National Aviation Authority asked airlines to abolish 40% of Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Beauvais airport flights, which serve Paris, half flights in Nice and 30% of flights in Marseille, Lyon and some other cities.
Despite the preventive abolition, the Office warned in a statement that all French airports can be expected “disruption and long delay.”
The departures of the Paris airports showed a long list of delay and cancellation of flight for destinations throughout France, Europe, North Africa and on.
Ryanair was among the airlines that announced extensive disruptions and said in a statement that it canceled more than 400 flights affecting 70,000 passengers. The company said the strike affects all its flights over the French airspace and operation to and out of French airports and urged the European Union to reform Air traffic rules.
One of the two trade unions leading the strike, Unsa-ICNA, said there were not enough employees in his statement to manage sharp air transport and that inflation eats salaries. Trade unions also protest against new reform measures focused on firmly monitoring their work, induced by a close collision at Bordeaux airport.
Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot called the requirements of trade unions – and their decisions to strike as well as French schools for summer and many families are heading for vacation – “unacceptable.”
Mariano Mignola of Naples in Italy, who traveled with her wife and children, had a flight from Paris. “Last night, when we signed up, we realized that something was wrong. We went to the airport website and discovered sad news,” he said. “We came here and hoped to find a solution that the company would give us accommodation. But instead of anything.”
“We have to do everything on our own, but it’s impossible” in the middle of vacation departures, Mignola said. “Nothing is available, nor a car that would come back.”
Parisian Patrick Haus planned to attend a meeting in Nice, in southern France, but his flight was canceled. “In a way, I stand in solidarity with attackers. It is important to know that people do not burden for fun,” he said.
Associated Press Angela Charlton and Sylvie Corbet contributed to the story.
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