Airlines
Airlines Call on EU to Put Stop to ATC Strikes
French air traffic controllers leave posts vacant at nine ATC centers from October 11 to October 13
Air France canceled some 25 percent of its short- and medium-haul flights during the October 9 to 11 air traffic control strikes at nine airports in France. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)
Air France canceled some 25 percent of its short- and medium-haul flights during the October 9 to 11 air traffic control strikes at nine airports in France. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)

European airline groups have called on the European Union and individual national governments to “put an end” to air traffic controller strikes amid the three-day action by several French ATC unions that disrupted traffic in France and the continent at large. The strikes, which ran from Monday evening to Wednesday morning, forced several airlines to curtail their intra-European and French domestic schedules, resulting in the cancellation of at least 1,000 flights requiring French ATC services.