French air traffic control (ATC) workers have called off a planned strike this week, with trade unions allowing more time for France’s new Government to come to the table for talks over pay and working conditions.
It means a huge lowering in the risk of serious travel disruption for people due to fly to and from and over France this week.
The strikes had been pencilled in for Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Ryanair had warned, earlier this week, that the proposed strike could force the cancellation of around 700 of its flights and cause disruption for around 125,000 of its passengers.
The SNCTA trade union has suspended the strikes until October 7-10, inclusive, hoping for movement in talks by then.
However, the union has also warned that there still may be some disruption this week as it is the only union to have suspended strike action. SNCTA, however, represents two-thirds of ATC workers in France.
