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Ryanair petitions EU to sort out 'unacceptable' impact of French ATC strikes

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Ilaria Grasso Macola
20 March 2023

Ryanair has called on the EU to protect travellers by enforcing minimum service laws during the French air traffic controllers’ strikes, and has petitioned the European Commission to encourage change.

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Ryanair expects to reach its target of 183.5 million passengers by March

French air traffic controllers have joined the hundreds of thousands of workers in staging protests against president Macron’s decision to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. Expected to last until Thursday (23 March), the disruption will mainly impact overflights as French laws protect domestic services.