France flights hit by 6-day ATC strike from 24 June

[sn26567]

Flights in and out of France will be hit next week by a six-day strike from the country’s two largest air traffic controllers' unions. More than 60 per cent of the 4,000 members of the SNCTA and UNSA-INCA unions voted in favour of industrial action yesterday.

The unions are striking over planned budgetary cuts from next year until 2019, cuts that are part of the European Commission's Single Sky Europe policy to reduce air navigation costs by rearranging airspace into "functional blocks". The unions argue that the move will lead to the liberalisation and a "forced low-cost" ethos in air traffic.

Next week's scheduled strike is set to last from June 24 to 29 and is set to cause widespread disruption with an estimated 50 per cent of flights likely to be grounded.

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[cityflyer001]

I come back from Basle/Mulhouse on Tuesday 24th, can France ATC be avoided (over CH i.e.) ?

[sn26567]

Agreement has been signed with SNCTA, the largest union calling to the strike. Together with the CGT which will not strike, they will insure that 75% of the flights will be maintained. The eventual problems will arise in the airports of the South of France, and with traffic flying to the Mediterranean and the North of Africa.

[sn26567]

It seems nevertheless that some flights will be cancelled or delayed.

Brussels Airlines doesn't expect cancellations, but has opened a special web page to announce delays:
http://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-be/m ... etail.aspx

Ryanair has announced cancellations, which will be advertised on a special web page:
http://www.ryanair.com/en/travel-updates/

Here is a first list of Ryanair cancelled flights:


Air France will fly all the long-haul flights and 90% of their other flights. Information page:
http://www.airfrance.fr/FR/fr/local/act ... france.htm