Flight disruption possible for Irish passengers amid French air traffic control dispute

Flight cancellations remain a possibility over the coming days as airlines continue to monitor the impact of a 36-hour strike by French air traffic controllers due to start on Monday evening. Aer Lingus has said it expects to operate a full schedule of flights over the rest of the bank holiday, while Ryanair has warned of the potential for delays and cancellations across Europe as a result of the action which is scheduled to go on until Wednesday morning. As of Monday afternoon, however, just one of about 600 flights scheduled to arrive into or depart from Dublin Airport, Ryanair’s from Bordeaux, due to land before 1am, was listed as a cancellation on the DAA website. A spokesman for DAA, however, said the airport operator was advising “all passengers to stay in contact with their airline if their flight is due to fly through French air traffic control space in the coming days”.<br/>