French strike hits post-Easter travellers

HUNDREDS of post-Easter flights have been cancelled because of a strike by French air traffic controllers in a dispute about working conditions and a proposal to lift the retirement age from 57 to 59.

Short-haul flights are expected to be worst affected. 

• Ryanair says it has had to cancel more than 250 flights, with further cancellations likely. 
• Air France says that it expects to operate almost all its long-haul flights and 60% of its medium-haul flights to and from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.

Further action is planned between April 16-18 and April 29-May 2.

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