the administration requests the cancellation of one out of two flights

The DGAC called on the companies to “reduce their flight program by 50% for this day”, “in metropolitan France and overseas”.

The French Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on Tuesday asked airlines to give up one flight out of two on Friday, following a strike notice from a union of air traffic controllers.

This notice was launched by the SNCTA (national union of air traffic controllers), the majority union, the administration said in a press release, urging the companies to “reduce their flight schedule by 50% for this day of Friday, September 16 in metropolitan France and overseas».