French aviation regulator cancels flights due to civil servants strike

Aeroports De Paris SA

29/09/2026 06:16

PARIS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The French civilian aviation regulator asked for the cancellation of a series of flights at Paris' main airport and Marseille airport on Tuesday because of a general civil servants strike.
DGAC, as the regulator is known, ordered airlines to cancel 5% of their flights between 07.00 local time (0500 GMT) and 20.00 local time at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and 25% of their flights at Marseille airport between 16.00 local time and 00.00 local time.
Charles de Gaulle airport is operated by Aeroports de Paris ADP.PA and is one of Air France-KLM's AIRF.PA main hubs.
Traffic may be disturbed at regional airports of Nantes, Strasbourg, Limoges, Lourdes and Pau, it added.
Traffic will be normal at the other airports in the country.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro)
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