In French aviation, the signs are again on strike. The air traffic controllers want to stop work from September 28th to 30th - just last Friday an air traffic controllers' strike in France caused hundreds of flight cancellations.

While the union did not schedule the renewed protest for the usually busier weekend days, airline passengers in France and across Europe are still facing inconveniences for the last three days of September. According to information from the international news portal Garda, short and long-haul flights in the country will be particularly affected, and massive delays and cancellations are to be expected. Passengers are advised to pre-confirm their connections to, from and via French airports with the airline during the strike period.

The French air traffic controllers had already stopped work for 16 hours on September 24. Air France cut more than half of the short- and medium-haul connections, and around half of the flights to and from Germany. Ryanair had to take 420 connections off the agenda. Overflights over French territory also had to be restricted during the day of the strike. With the protest action, the employee representatives want to push through a salary increase to compensate for inflation for their members, and more staff are to be hired.