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RNS Number : 5102P  Ryanair Holdings PLC  03 July 2025

RYANAIR CALLS ON URSULA VON DER LEYEN TO URGENTLY REFORM EU ATC

 AS FRENCH ATC STRIKE (3-4 JULY) FORCES RYANAIR TO CANCEL

170 FLIGHTS AFFECTING OVER 30,000 PASSENGERS

 

Ryanair, Europe's No.1 airline, today (Thur, 3 July) called on EU Commission
President, Ursula von der Leyen, to take urgent action to reform EU ATC
services after the airline was forced to cancel 170 flights disrupting over
30,000 passengers due to yet another French ATC strike on Thur and Fri (3
& 4 July). These enforced cancellations by French ATC coincide once more
with the start of the European summer holidays - one of the busiest travel
periods of the year.

In addition to flights to/from France being cancelled, this strike will also
affect all French overflights. This is due to France's continued failure to
protect overflights during national ATC strikes. Even though it's French ATC
that are striking, most disrupted passengers are not even flying to/from
France but just overflying French airspace en route to their destination
(e.g., UK - Greece, Spain - Ireland, etc.). EU skies cannot be repeatedly
closed just because French Air Traffic Controllers are going on recreational
strikes.

Ryanair has long campaigned for effective EU ATC reform and calls on all
passengers to visit the 'Air Traffic Control Ruined Your Flight
(https://www.atcruinedourholiday.com/) ' webpage and demand that the EU
Commission and Govts take urgent action to reform EU ATC services and avoid
any further avoidable ATC disruptions this summer.

Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:

"Once again European families are held to ransom by French Air Traffic
Controllers going on strike. It is not acceptable that overflights over French
airspace en route to their destination are being cancelled/delayed as a result
of yet another French ATC strike. It makes no sense and is abundantly unfair
on EU passengers and families going on holidays.

Ryanair calls on Ursula von der Leyen to take urgent action to reform EU ATC
services by 1.) ensuring that ATC services are fully staffed for the first
wave of daily departures, and 2.) protecting overflights during national ATC
strikes. These 2 splendid reforms would eliminate 90% of all ATC delays and
cancellations, and protect EU passengers from these repeated and avoidable ATC
disruptions due to yet another French ATC strike."

 

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