Strikes against pension reform: the DGAC calls for the cancellation of 20% of flights at Paris-Orly on Wednesday

Europe 1 with AFP 8:11 p.m., March 13, 2023

The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) announced on Monday that it had asked airlines to cancel 20% of their flights at Paris-Orly on Wednesday due to a strike by air traffic controllers against the pension reform.

Flight cancellations for this new day of interprofessional mobilization are thus expected to be fewer than last week, when they had affected, in addition to the Parisian platforms of Orly and Roissy, airports in the region, and concerned up to 30% of device movements.

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"Despite these preventive measures, disruptions and delays are nevertheless to be expected", underlined the DGAC in a press release, inviting "passengers who can to postpone their trip and to inquire with their airline to find out the state of their flight".

Traffic already disrupted on Monday 

On Monday, although the DGAC did not call for preventive reductions in flight schedules - unlike the previous six days - air traffic was disrupted, in particular at Marseille-Provence airport, due to a stop work of the controllers.

The situation was also degraded on Monday in the airspace around Basel-Mulhouse airport, with "significant delays", according to the pan-European air surveillance body, Eurocontrol.

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From Tuesday to Friday last, the DGAC had asked airlines to cancel between 20 to 30% of their flights departing from several French airports, including the two main Parisian platforms of Orly and Roissy, then 20% at weekends. last, on a reduced number of installations.