8 Apr 2015

In France Hundreds stranded following French air traffic strike

 
Following the French air traffic strike, hundreds of flights to and from France have been cancelled.
BBC reports that the SNCTA union called the 2-day strike in a dispute over working conditions.
According to France's civil aviation agency, part of the dispute involves plans to raise the retirement age for controllers from 57 to 59 years.

Short-haul flights have reportedly been the worst affected but France's largest airline, Air France, said long-haul flights were still operating.
The airline added that 60% of medium-haul flights from and to Paris' main airport, Charles de Gaulle, would still operate, but that it would ground 2 out of 3 flights at Paris' second-largest airport, Orly.
Further strikes are also planned for 16th to 18th April and 29th April to 2nd May.


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