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Ryanair cancels 250 flights to and from France

11th October 2010 Print

Ryanair has cancelled 250 flights ahead of more French ATC strikes which will close French airspace tomorrow (12th October).
 
So far in 2010, Ryanair has been forced to cancel 1,650 flights and delay over 12,000 other flights, disrupting over 2.5m passengers, as a direct result of Belgian, French and Spanish ATC strikes and work to rules. 

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:
 
“The single greatest cause of ATCs strikes and delays are EU Government owned and mismanaged ATC services.  It’s time the ‘right to strike’ within ATC was removed as it is for other essential services like the police and fire services.  If these people don’t want to work, then replace them with military and other controllers who do wish to work.  The EU Commission must act to now end this ATC chaos.
 
“How many more times will Europe’s airlines and their passengers be disrupted by unnecessary airspace closures, strikes and work to rules before the EU Commission finally takes some action? 

“It is ridiculous that Belgian, French and Spanish ATC controllers can repeatedly strike without any financial penalty, while airlines suffer a ‘right to care’ to passengers and absorb the costs of these un-necessary disruptions.”