Nearly half of all flights from France’s main airports were cancelled on Tuesday due to a walk-out by air traffic controllers.
Parisian airports have warned of major delays as the three-day strike began on Tuesday.
The controllers are protesting against the liberalisation of airspace under the Single European Sky project.
Speaking on Tuesday the EU Transport Commissioner asked for the plan to be sped up. The Commission claims that airspace inefficiencies cost airlines and passengers five billion euros per year. But the strike is also hitting wallets.
One passenger complained: “I came here at five in the morning and I paid 50 euros for a taxi and only when I came here they told me the flight was cancelled. So I had to buy another ticket.”
Note EU-Digest: the main reason for this strike is based on the fact that the new European Single Sky program which will improve efficiency, safety and cut down overlapping services, could also result in job losses related to the closing down of some overlapping local air traffic controller services.
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