Ryanair cancels 170 flights on foot of French air traffic control strikes
'In addition to flights to/from France being cancelled, this strike will also affect all French overflights,' Ryanair said.
"Even though it's French ATC that are striking, most disrupted passengers are not even flying to/from France but just overflying French airspace en route to their destination (e.g., UK – Greece, Spain – Ireland, etc).'
Passengers affected should be contacted directly by the airline. Under EU Regulation 261/2014, passengers whose flights are cancelled should be offered the choice between a re-routing or a full refund within seven days.
The airline has called on EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, to take urgent action to reform EU ATC services.
The strikes come as the busy summer holiday period ramps up, though Ryanair has long campaigned for an overhaul of ATC services across Europe.
'Once again European families are held to ransom by French Air Traffic Controllers going on strike,' said CEO Michael O'Leary.
"It is not acceptable that overflights over French airspace en route to their destination are being cancelled/delayed as a result of yet another French ATC strike.
"It makes no sense and is abundantly unfair on EU passengers and families going on holidays.'
Ryanair carried 19.9 million passengers in June, up 3pc on the same month last year.
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