Union calls for easyJet Easter strike at French bases
All cabin crew are being urged to walk out
Strike action is set to take place at all six of the airline's French bases
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A last-minute strike by easyJet cabin crew is set to spark Easter travel chaos in France, with hundreds of flights potentially impacted.
The UNAC union has called a one-day strike for Monday April 6, covering all easyJet staff who are personnels navigants commerciaux (PNC), including cabin crew.
The motion covers the entire day (00:01 to 23:59) and all six easyJet bases in France – Paris Orly and Charles-de-Gaulle, Nice, Nantes, Lyon, and Bordeaux.
It calls on all easyJet cabin crew – including members of other unions and non-unionised workers – at the bases to strike.
Staff have to give 48 hours notice of their intention to strike, meaning they have until Saturday to do so.
As of 08:00 on Friday (April 3), easyJet has yet to publish an updated flight schedule for Monday.
Previous strike action from the UNAC on January 1, 2026 called for ‘zero take-offs’ from all French bases, but was largely mitigated via the use of alternate staff for journeys, rescheduling, and targeted cancellations.
“Easyjet has been informed of a strike notice filed by UNAC for April 6th and is very disappointed by this decision,” easyJet told media outlet Air Journal.
“We want to reassure our customers: we will do everything possible to minimise the impact of this strike. Should any changes be made to our flight schedule, we will inform the affected passengers directly and offer solutions to help them reorganize their travel.”
Passengers who are flying with easyJet on Monday to or from a French airport should regularly keep up to date with information about their flight using the easyJet app, and keep an eye out for text messages or emails from the company.
They should also remind themselves of their rights to a refund under the current European flight regulations.
Unlike strike action by air traffic controllers, which can impact all flights over French airspace, only easyJet flights to or from France are set to be impacted.
However, there is the risk of knock-on delays for airports and flights due to the disruption.
Months of tension between unions and management
The action comes after months of tension between UNAC and easyJet, including both the January 1 strike and the last-minute calling off of strikes across the Christmas 2025 holiday period.
The union called off a planned strike over the holiday season following promises by easyJet in the annual negotiation period (NAO) to improve worker conditions, particularly over last-minute scheduling changes.
The union cites “a significant deterioration in working conditions: failure to adhere to schedules, an increase in the number of unavoidable changes, and an increase in reassignments to other bases,” leading to the risk of employee burnout, as well as a discrepancy between how cabin crew and pilots are treated.
Following negotiations at the end of 2025, the union says the airline failed to implement concrete changes despite promises to do so.
UNAC states that when the 2026 NAO was put to a wider vote 53.84% of all cabin crew rejected the terms.
With turnout for the vote at above 70% of all easyJet’s French-based cabin crew (both UNAC members and others) the union says it is “a clear signal to management,” that staff are unhappy.
