A thousand flights canceled on Friday from France or on arrival

A complicated vacation departure, a few hours before the end of the school year. A thousand flights were canceled on Friday, July 4, from France or on arrival, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, due to a second day of strike by air controllers. Paris airports were particularly affected. “We must realize that yesterday and today, 272 people in our country will impact the well-being of more than 500,000 people. It is unacceptable”The Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot said on CNews.

Air France confirmed that it was “Strengthening to adapt your flight program”without specifying the number of cancellations, but underlined that all the long-haul were “Maintained” Friday. The effects of movement are felt beyond national borders, the main European Airline Association, Airlines for Europe (A4E) having estimated that in Europe, 1,500 flights would be canceled Thursday and Friday, “Affecting almost 300,000 passengers” On a continent. The Union of French Airports denounced in a press release “Systematic blocking strategy, which sacrifices the general interest on the altar of claims that are difficult to justify”.

Hundreds of thousands of people have already been affected Thursday in France and Europe by this social movement, triggered by two minority unions which claim an improvement in their working conditions and greater staff, while protesting against a reform providing for the score of employees. On Thursday, 933 flights had been canceled, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.