Thousands of Ryanair passengers will have their travel plans ruined today (Friday) as Air Traffic Control workers walk out in a row over pay and working conditions.
The budget airline has cancelled more than 400 flights today, September 16, due to the "all-out one-day strike" and is calling on the EU to intervene. The cancelled flights will mainly affect routes between Ireland, Spain, Italy and Germany, which require flying through French airspace.
In a statement, Ryanair said: "Ryanair regrets that it is forced to cancel 420 flights (disrupting 80,000 passengers) mainly overflying France on Friday as a result of this unjustified French ATC strike, which achieve nothing but disrupt thousands of European citizens/visitors' weekend travel plans.
