RYANAIR has been forced to cancel nearly 100 flights at short notice due to ongoing strike action. The budget airline confirmed that the cancellations would affect thousands of Brits set to travel this week. Air traffic controllers across France are gong on strike tomorrow - the 84th day of strikes since 2023.
The cancellations will affect passengers travelling to and from Paris Beauvais Airport. Ryanair has been campaigning for the EU to protect overflights by law during strikes . A Ryanair spokesperson said: "It is inexplicable that Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Commission have failed to take action to protect EU passengers’ Freedom of Movement during these repeated French ATC strikes.
"As a result, we have been forced to cancel almost 100 flight to/from Paris Beauvais Airport tomorrow, Thurs 6 th June, unfairly disrupting thousands of EU passengers’ travel plans at short notice." They added: "EU passengers are sick and tired of suffering unnecessary cancellations during ATC strikes. "The EU Commission must now act upon Ryanair’s Protect Passengers - Keep EU Skies Open petition of more than 2.
1m EU passengers’ signatures which Ryanair delivered directly to the EU Commission offices in May, Sept and Jan last. "There is no excuse for EU passengers to bear the burden of national ATC strikes that are completely unrelated to them and its time that Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Commission do something about it.” Ryanair passengers affected by the strike will be cont.