Overview
- On the second day of the walkout, the DGAC ordered a 40% reduction in flight programmes at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, Orly and Beauvais, leading to hundreds more cancellations.
- UNSA-ICNA and USAC-CGT have maintained their two-day strike to protest chronic understaffing and “toxic” management practices within the air traffic authority.
- Thursday’s action resulted in 933 cancelled flights in France, and Airlines for Europe reported nearly 500,000 minutes of delays across European routes.
- Prime Minister François Bayrou condemned the timing as “choquante” and Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot warned that airlines are losing millions of euros due to the disruption.
- The DGAC is pursuing a multi-year recruitment drive and a BEA-backed time-stamping reform for controllers, which the unions are contesting as part of their grievances.