After a turbulent summer in large parts of the European aviation industry, French air traffic controllers are going on strike on Friday.
The conflict concerns, among other things, that wages need to be adjusted due to "record inflation", the trade union SNCTA announces.
"All of the country's five air traffic control centers will have only minimal staffing," writes the European aviation organization Eurocontrol to SVT - air traffic controllers at the individual airports are also participating in the strike.
Canceled flights
The number of trips to and from French airspace is halved on Friday - in total around 1,000 flights have been cancelled, according to a spokesperson for the French aviation authority DGAC as quoted in Le Parisien.
For SAS, they mean that the company has canceled two flights from Arlanda - one to Paris, the other to Nice - and thus also the return journey, which affects those on their way back to Stockholm.
A flight from Copenhagen to Paris and the return trip has also been cancelled.
- We have notified and rebooked the passengers, says SAS press manager Tonje Sund to SVT:
- The flights that will depart are therefore fully booked.
"Passengers should contact their airlines to find out what their situation is," according to Eurocontrol.
A thousand flights are cancelled
The flights that pass over France – for example Stockholm to Madrid – do not need to take detours.
- As it looks now, overflights are not affected, says Tonje Sund.
Around 70 million travelers flew to, from or via France last year, according to the European statistics agency Eurostat.