Easyjet forced to cancel holidays and says 'situation is out of our control'

James Rodger

25 April 2024 at 5:18 am·2-min read

EasyJet hopes to "minimise any disruption" as French air traffic control strikes cancel a swathe of flights. Strike action has also impacted journeys over French airspace, including those to Greece, Spain and Italy across the European Union.

The strikes are expected to see 75 per cent of flights to and from Paris Orly Airport cancelled while two-thirds of flights at Paris Charles de Gaulle are likely to be cut. An easyJet spokesperson said: “We have been advised of a national air traffic control strike affecting flights flying in and out of France, as well as flights over French airspace on 25th April 2024.

"We expect significant disruption across our network and advise customers to check the status of their flight on our flight tracker on our mobile app or website: www.easyjet.com/en/flight-tracker. To provide additional support, our UK customer services lines will be extended until midnight on Wednesday 24th April and Thursday 25th April."

The budget airline, which is rivalled by Ryanair, Jet2 and more, added: "Although this situation is outside of our control, we would like to reassure customers that we are doing all we can to minimise any disruption to our flights that may occur because of the strike action.

“easyJet has been calling for better protection of passengers during times of French ATC strike action, especially for the hundreds of thousands of customers using the French airspace but whose flights neither depart nor land in France.”

Airports have urged customers to check before they travel, including Dublin Airport which tweeted: “Due to a planned Air Traffic Control strike in France, a total of 36 flights due to operate at Dublin Airport today have been cancelled by airlines, including 23 departures and 13 arrivals.”

Marseille-Provence Airport is also set to lose two-thirds of flights while Nice and Toulouse could see 60 per cent of flights affected.

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