French air traffic strike: the latest

Hundreds of flights serving France are cancelled on Friday as a strike by air traffic controllers enters its fourth day

Published Wednesday 30 November 2016 - 15:33 Modified Wednesday 30 November 2016 - 15:33

A STRIKE by air traffic controllers is causing cancellations and delays for the fourth day running.

The walkout is due to last until 8.00 on Saturday morning.

Half of Friday's flights into and out of Orly airport in Paris are cancelled, and 15% at Charles de Gaulle.

Aéroports de Paris recommends that travellers check with their airline before leaving.

The controllers are protesting against job cuts and plans to merge air traffic control for five countries including France, creating a single western European airspace.

The unions claim 190 jobs are being cut this year by not replacing departing workers, which they say will put passengers' safety at risk.

Latest flight running information:

Air France
British Airways
Easyjet
Ryanair
Paris airports
Lyon
Nice
Marseille
Toulouse
Bordeaux

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