They had promised a record mobilization. It’s done. The air traffic controllers’ strike promises to be massive this Thursday. Airlines will have to cancel 75% of flights at Paris Orly airport and 65% at Paris Roissy and Marseille on Thursday due to the air traffic controllers’ strike in France, we learned from a source on Tuesday. close to the file.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) will also ask them to cancel 60% of flights at Toulouse and Nice, and 50% for other airports, this source told AFP.
A new strike on May 9, 10 and 11
The main air traffic controllers’ union is already threatening a new strike for the Ascension Bridge on May 9, 10 and 11.
This “record mobilization” follows the failure of negotiations on measures to support an overhaul of air traffic control, in particular salary increases. In a press release, the SNCTA deplored the failure of the discussions “in particular on the question of social support” and again gave the public authorities 15 days to “engage in the search for solutions” before putting its threat to rest. execution.