Just hours before the end of the school year and the first major departures for summer vacation and holidays, some had to reorganize their plans as more than 1.000 flights were canceled in France today, especially at Paris airports and in Nice, on the second day of an air traffic controller strike.
Several hundred thousand people have already been affected by a strike in France and the rest of Europe on Thursday, launched by two minority unions demanding better conditions and an increase in staff numbers.
A total of 1.125 flights were canceled in France today, according to the French Civil Aviation Authority.
The strike ends tonight, so air traffic is expected to normalize tomorrow.
At Nice, the second busiest airport in Europe for business jets, half of all commercial flights (around 220 today) have been cancelled, as have almost all private jet flights.
The effects of the strike are being felt beyond France's borders, with the main European airline association, Airlines for Europe (A4E), estimating that 1.500 flights will be cancelled across Europe on Thursday and today, "affecting around 300.000 passengers".
Air France confirmed that it had been "forced to adjust its flight schedule", without specifying the number of flights cancelled, but added that long-haul flights were not affected by the strike.
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