Ryanair has been forced to cancel 75 flights today as a result of ongoing strike action by French air traffic control staff.
Flights in and out of France will be grounded and there will be some restrictions to aircraft movement over the country.
ALERT Extensive delays, especially in west of France due to new strike in France - @eurocontrol pic.twitter.com/ZLuAqWDmFU
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) June 2, 2016
France’s train network is also expected to be badly hit today by more strikes – days before Euro 2016 kicks off.
Unions say disruption during the month-long tournament is possible – as they try and prevent new employment laws from coming in.
The EU is now being asked to prevent disruption to flights.
Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said it not just their customers who will be affected.
“Look, we’re as angry as our passengers are, as our customers are,” he said.
“These air traffic controllers deliberately target this time of year to cause the most disruption to our passengers.
“It’s not just Ryanair that will be affected, there’ll be thousands of flights possibly cancelled across Europe this weekend.
“Enough is enough, this will be the 50th time these air traffic controllers have gone on strike. The EU is doing literally nothing to actually take any action to prevent these strikes going ahead.”
UPDATE French strike https://t.co/u8eFqiR1hs
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) June 2, 2016
