https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Hindered by strikes and outdated equipment, French air traffic control is responsible for a third of aviation delays in Europe, a report in France claimed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180618/france-champion-of-air-traffic-control-strikes Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:41:21 +0200 france-champion-of-air-traffic-control-strikes A French air traffic control union has lodged a four-day strike warning with aviation authorities that could see up to a third of flights delayed or cancelled at airports around the France, including Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170303/french-air-traffic-control-strike-to-hit-scores-of-flights Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:53:05 +0100 french-air-traffic-control-strike-to-hit-scores-of-flights Air traffic controllers have gone on strike in France once again, seeing scores of mainly low-cost airlines cancelling flights. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160705/flights-in-france-canned-as-air-traffic-controllers-strike Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:12:47 +0200 flights-in-france-canned-as-air-traffic-controllers-strike French air traffic control unions finally gave the government and the public reason to feel relieved on Wednesday when they called off their threatened three day strike this weekend. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160602/french-air-traffic-control-unions-call-off-threatened-strike Thu, 02 Jun 2016 09:53:28 +0200 french-air-traffic-control-unions-call-off-threatened-strike French air traffic controllers have dismissed Ryanair’s complaints about their strikes having cost the budget airline millions in lost profit calling boss Michael O’Leary a “provocateur”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160414/french-to-ryanair-we-dont-care-about-your-profits Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:24:40 +0200 french-to-ryanair-we-dont-care-about-your-profits Taxi drivers blockaded airports in Paris on Tuesday and flights had to be cancelled as air traffic controllers also staged industrial action. Here's all the latest. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160126/france-strike-latest-taxi-protest-hits-paris-airports Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:36:48 +0100 france-strike-latest-taxi-protest-hits-paris-airports Relief for air passengers on Wednesday as French air traffic controllers called off a planned two-day strike that was set to cause travel chaos across Europe on Thursday and Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150701/french-air-traffic-control-strike-called-off Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:26:37 +0200 french-air-traffic-control-strike-called-off Budget airline Ryanair has called on members of the public across Europe to back its new campaign to stop French air traffic controllers going on strike. It comes as a planned strike in France was called off at the eleventh hour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150701/ryanair-takes-on-french-air-traffic-controllers Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:09:47 +0200 ryanair-takes-on-french-air-traffic-controllers Hopes that a strike by French air traffic controllers could be averted seemed to be dashed on Tuesday as unions said that talks had been broken off. It is likely airlines will have to cancel scores of flights. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150630/air-traffic-controllers-to-strike-after-talks-breakdown Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:32:06 +0200 air-traffic-controllers-to-strike-after-talks-breakdown Air traffic controllers announced on Tuesday that they will hold a two-day strike early next month to protest their wages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150623/frances-air-traffic-controllers-to-go-on-strike Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:53:00 +0200 frances-air-traffic-controllers-to-go-on-strike EasyJet has laid on flights across Europe to retrieve groups of school children and passengers left stranded by the two-day French air traffic controller strike this week. More walk-outs are planned for later this month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150410/rescue-flights-for-stranded-passengers Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:25:00 +0200 rescue-flights-for-stranded-passengers Air traffic in France will be cut by 20-30 percent nationwide on Tuesday due to an air traffic control strike that unions say is prompted by president François Hollande's signature jobs' creation policy initiative. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140318/nationwide-strike-to-snarl-french-air-traffic Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:06:00 +0100 nationwide-strike-to-snarl-french-air-traffic