AIRPORT STRIKE JULY 1ST. Started on Thursday June 30, a renewable strike movement at Aéroports de Paris (ADP) should largely disrupt air traffic on Friday July 1 at Orly and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle. We take stock of the announcements and information already available online.
[Mis à jour le 30 juin 2022 à 17h18] If you have to take a flight or land in Paris this Friday, July 1, watch your mailboxes and your text messages! Airlines must prevent cancellations following a strike movement started Thursday among the staff of Aéroports de Paris (ADP), the company managing the Parisian airports of Orly and Roissy Charles de Gaulle.
Thursday, June 30, it was the ADP firefighters who were on strike. And if the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, the DGAC, had asked the airlines to reduce the usual flight program by 17%, it was ultimately 10% of the scheduled flights that were not operated on Thursday. Friday, July 1, the situation should be much worse with a greater mobilization affecting all types of employees. On the ADP side, the press release invites travelers who were to board or land at Roissy and Orly to consult the news of their flight on the website of the chosen company. “We therefore invite passengers to check the news of their flight with their company and to anticipate their arrival at the airport: three hours for an international flight, two hours for a domestic or European flight”, it was specified. Thursday.
Which flights canceled at Air France on Friday July 1?
At Air France, all long-haul flights were insured on Thursday, like “90% of other flights”. The company still expected 62 canceled flights on Thursday, June 30. The list of flights operated on Friday July 1 is “being updated” specifies Air France, which still plans to provide “all of its long-haul flights” and nearly 90% of its short and medium flights. -couriers”. You can check all the information about your flight on the Air France website via the search page: find my Air France flight. “Customers affected by canceled flights will be notified, by SMS and e-mail, no later than the day before their trip”, specifies the company on its website.
What are the flight forecasts for the strike on Friday July 1?
Friday, July 1 is shaping up to be a dark day at the Parisian airports of Orly and Roissy Charles de Gaulle. The strike notice at Aéroports de Paris (ADP) this time covers all the trades at the call of several unions such as the CFDT, the CFTC, the CGT, FO, Sud, Unsa and Solidaires. “It’s going to be an absolute mess. Expect monstrous queues, flight delays and cancellations,” a CGT member told Le Parisien on Wednesday, June 29. Thursday, June 30 at midday, the DGAC sent its recommendations to the airlines, asking them “to reduce their flight schedule departing from and arriving at Paris – Charles de Gaulle from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.” Already on June 9, 25% of flights had been canceled following a strike. You can check the latest news about your flight via the search engine available on the Aéroports de Paris website.
How long will the strike at Paris airports last?
The strike movement is planned for the period from June 30 to July 3, 2022 according to the forecasts available on the Air France website. But the unions warn of a renewable strike. “As long as our demands are not satisfied, we will continue the strike”, specifies Fabrice Criquet, general secretary of FO ADP to Parisian. Among the demands are requests for salary increases.