Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary, the unflinching king of cost-cutting, may finally have met his match in the strictness of French employment law. The Irish low-cost airline will close its only French base in Marseille this week in the latest round of a bitter war with French authorities. O’Leary has been engaged in a stand-off with […]
Stop jeopardizing jobs in European sky Today, Wednesday 12 June 2013, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and its national affiliates express their disagreement with the new package on the Single European Sky (SES), called SES2+, adopted yesterday by the European Commission. ATM (Air Traffic Management) workers are taking different types of actions (strikes, gatherings, […]
Half of flights serving France’s big cities have been cancelled, as air-traffic controllers begin a three-day strike to protest against EU plans to create a single European airspace. The controllers say the Single European Sky (SES) project will affect public safety and their working conditions. Walk-outs are expected to spread across Europe on Wednesday. France’s […]
Air passengers across Europe face delays and cancellations starting tomorrow as air traffic controllers in France go on strike for three days. All airlines using French airports have been asked to cancel half of their services, but flights over France also will be affected. The continuous strike action will start at 6:00 a.m. French local […]