The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has asked airlines to cancel 20% of their flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at several airports, including Paris-Orly, due to a strike by air traffic controllers opposed to the reform retirements.
This reduction in the flight schedule will concern Orly, Marseille, Nantes, Toulouse and Bordeaux on Saturday, while on Sunday, only Orly, Marseille and Toulouse will be affected, the administration said in a press release, reflecting an improvement in the situation for air passengers. since the start of this mobilization sequence on Tuesday.
This reflects an improvement in the situation for air passengers since the start of this new mobilization sequence on Tuesday. From Tuesday to Friday, in fact, the DGAC required air carriers to reduce their flight schedules “by 20% at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and 30% at Paris-Orly airports. , Beauvais, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Toulouse”.
Different consequences depending on the company
For these four days, Air France had said it planned to operate “nearly eight flights out of 10” while the low-cost Transavia, a member of the Air France-KLM group and present on the short and medium-haul, canceled 30% of its program, i.e. between 40 and 60 uninsured journeys per day.
“Despite these preventive measures, disruptions and delays are nevertheless to be expected” this weekend, the DGAC underlined on Wednesday, inviting “passengers who can to postpone their trip and to find out from their company. airline to find out the status of their flight.
Thursday afternoon, the pan-European air surveillance body Eurocontrol noted “moderate” delays affecting flights transiting through certain parts of French airspace, even “high” (more than 45 minutes) in the area dependent on the Center in air navigation route (CRNA) of Brest. Basel-Mulhouse airport was to experience “significant delays” for arriving flights at the end of the afternoon, according to Eurocontrol.