French ATCs to strike again April 28

French air traffic controllers will strike again Thursday, April 28, the 44th strike day in France since 2009. Hundreds of flights will be cancelled, creating disruption and extensive delays across the continent, A4E said. Just 2 weeks after the last walkout in Belgium, French ATCs will strike for the third time in a month. “During 2016 ATC strikes in Greece, Italy, Belgium and now again in France have already accumulated up to a full week of disruption. In March and April, the strikes caused over 2,000 cancellations among A4E members and will now hit the 1m minutes delay mark across all airlines operating in European airspace,” A4E MD Thomas Reynaert said. Ahead of Thursday’s strike, the DGAC has requested airlines to adapt their flight schedule to and from certain French airports, especially Paris-Orly. <br/>