At Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG) airport, the dispute concerns wages and working conditions, and could also affect the start of the long holidays in a week, after a few days off from Sunday. .

The firefighters of Paris-CDG, the first French airport also called Roissy, have been on strike since Thursday, forcing the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) to request preventive flight cancellations: part of the runways had to be closed for safety .

Employees of Aéroports de Paris (ADP), a group controlled in the majority by the State, and subcontractors have joined this inter-union movement, according to management.

Cancellations affected one flight in five between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Saturday departing from or arriving at Roissy, against one flight in six on Thursday and Friday.

That is 150 flights deleted out of 1,300, according to a spokesperson for Groupe ADP.

The other major airport in the Paris region, Orly, was not affected by the strike.

Salary negotiations did not succeed on Friday.

"The table (of negotiations) is still open," said the spokesperson for Aéroports de Paris.

Planes on the tarmac seen from terminal 2E of Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport, May 12, 2020 ERIC PIERMONT AFP / Archives

The firefighters have lifted their notice for the rest of the weekend, so the DGAC and ADP are planning a Sunday without disruption.

On the other hand, they have issued a new strike notice from Friday morning July 8 at 5 a.m. until Sunday evening July 10 at midnight, for the weekend of the start of the long school holidays.

In Madrid, Saturday at 1:00 p.m. (11:00 GMT), 5 easyJet flights and 10 Ryanair flights had been canceled and 175 others delayed, including 52 EasyJet and 123 Ryanair, the unions announced in a press release.

At Ryanair, representatives of the Spanish USO union have also said that new work stoppages will take place over three four-day periods: from July 12 to 15, from July 18 to 21 and from July 25 to 28 at the ten Spanish airports. where the Irish company operates.

At Ryanair, the social movement, aimed at demanding better working conditions for the company's 1,900 cabin crew in Spain.

Easyjet flight attendants are demanding an alignment of their working conditions with the rest of their colleagues in Europe.

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