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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

French strike forces Ryanair to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe

ryanair planes on the airport tarmac
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said Ursula von der Leyen had failed for five years to take any action to protect overflights. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters

Ryanair has demanded that the EU reform its skies after the airline was forced to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe scheduled for Thursday because of a strike by French air traffic controllers.

The cancellations come in spite of the withdrawal of strike action by one of the biggest unions, the SNCTA, which came too late to avoid disruption after France’s civil aviation authority asked airlines to cut flights.

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