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Posted on July 3, 2025
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Ryanair cancels 170 flights, affecting 30,000 passengers due to a French ATC strike, impacting European summer travel.
(Reuters) -Ryanair said on Thursday it was forced to cancel 170 flights, disrupting travel for more than 30,000 passengers, due to a nationwide air traffic controller strike in France planned for later in the day and Friday.
The disruption comes at the start of Europe's summer holidays, one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
The French civil aviation agency DGAC on Wednesday asked multiple carriers to reduce flights at Paris airports by 40% on July 4 due to the planned strike.
"In addition to flights to/from France being cancelled, this strike will also affect all French overflights," Ryanair said in a statement on Thursday.
Passengers overflying French airspace from the United Kingdom to Greece and Spain to Ireland would also be affected, the Irish carrier said.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to take urgent action to reform European Union air traffic controllers' services.
(Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
Ryanair canceled 170 flights as a result of the nationwide air traffic controller strike in France.
The flight cancellations disrupted travel for more than 30,000 passengers.
The French civil aviation agency DGAC requested multiple carriers to reduce flights at Paris airports by 40% on July 4 due to the planned strike.
In addition to flights to and from France being canceled, the strike also affected all French overflights.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to take urgent action to reform European Union air traffic controllers' services.
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