Ryanair has announced the cancellation of 220 flights on Bank Holiday Monday due to the latest French air traffic control strike
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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary claims that up to 40,000 passengers across Europe will be affected, and has criticised French officials and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen for the disruption.He said while he accepts the right of French workers to take strike action, he argued that it is unfair for flights travelling through French airspace but not landing in France to be affected.
"But all the cancellations are then being disproportionately being passed on to English flights, Irish flights, Italian flights, Spanish flights, German flights. This is unfair. "We respect their right to strike, but if they want to strike cancel the French flights, protect the overflights."
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