No strong concerns from the government side. On Tuesday, Clément Beaune, Minister of Transport declared himself “fairly confident” about the strikes planned around the Christmas holidays in air transport and at the SNCF, saying that they will not have a major impact on travel. the French. As a reminder, the SNCF signalmen’s unions have filed a strike notice for the Christmas holidays, as have the stewards and hostesses of Air France.
“I am quite confident that there will be no major disruptions,” he said on France 2. “For those who have tickets”, “there is a very good chance that the flights will be provided during the Christmas holidays even if there can always be last minute problems, estimated Clément Beaune. There will be trains, there will be planes. »
“There can always be last minute problems”
As for the railways, the conflict with the signalmen remains tense and SUD-Rail on Friday maintained its call for a strike from Thursday December 15 at 8 p.m. to Monday December 19 at 8 a.m., i.e. the entire first weekend of the school holidays.
At Air France, the UNAC and SNGAF unions of Air France cabin crew have filed a strike notice for the period from December 22 to January 2. The pilots of the Guadeloupe company Corsair are called to a strike from December 16 to 22 and Air Antilles is threatened by a social movement of the hostesses and stewards from December 17 to 22. The specter of a strike during the holiday period also hovers over the French subsidiary of EasyJet.
“After two years of Covid-19, I believe that the French have the right to rest, to find their families, to take a little vacation at Christmas”, explained the minister who “calls for responsibility” and asks for not to “add trouble” to the “anxieties” and “difficulties” linked to “the international economic situation”.