French strike 2011
French travel
First Air France strike for 2012 Pilots and personel will strike for three days starting Tuesday, 6, 7 and 8 February.
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So last year
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12/12/11 JUST ANNOUNCED late tonight, ALL FRENCH AIRPORT SECURITY EMPLOYEES TO STRIKE FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER. Will post more info as it becomes available to us. Expect severe delays or even flight cancellations.
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31 October Update:- More long hauls cancelling today see Air France flight attendants page. Thanks.
10 October 2011 So much is going on in France this and coming weeks. Check our front page. Air France flight attendants are to strike 29 October to 2 November follow along. Decided to give Air France flight attendants own page
7 Sep. Air France-KLM will possible layoff 5,000 to 10,000 jobs.1/6th of the workforce. Check your favorite route it maybe eliminated.
Update:- 26 July correction Air France pilot strike is still on for next month, dates below. Flight attendants only have made a deal.
Update:-24 July It has been announced strike by flight attendants and pilots has been cancelled.
19 July A couple of things are going on with Air France that you should know about this month.
First French pilots gave strike notice. Traditionally long-hauls fly. Short-hauls ie. travel between European cities maybe cancelled or severely delayed. Same for domestic travel.
Air France pilots strike Friday - Monday,
5 August to 8 August 2011. Do keep an eye on our front page.
Then yesterday it was announced by French flight attendants will strike from Friday July 29 till Monday 1 August.
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16 June 2011 Air France strike by mechanic still going on. Some rescheduling of some long-haul flights operating to Paris Charles de Gaulle in the night of June 16 to 17. Here's what Air France has to say.
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French airport strike Pau-Pyrnenees Airport and Lourdes Tarbes Airport Pyrnenees starting this week-end Saturday 21 May 6am till Sunday 22 May midnight. Some airlines to be effected, Ryanair, Air France, and BMI Baby.
Old stuff
April 28, 2011 New, first one of the year, French general strike. Not a lot of information out just yet. In the past all long hauls have gone as scheduled. front page
March 2011 is shaping up to be just awful, check our front page
Old stuff, so 2010
26 Oct. Times are in for the new French air traffic controllers strikes. Starting 5pm, Wednesday, 27, Oct to Friday, 5am, 29 Oct. International flights should run as planned. As usual call your airline.
19, October Another new French general strike today. In short French air traffic controllers are going to continue to strike till 23, October. Long hauls are supposingly not being effected. Call and confirm your flight.
24, September, NEW French general strike Tuesday 12, October, change your flight for earlier rather than later. Call your airline. Trains joining in. Do check are front page.
Air France joining in press release 10/10/10
French Civil Aviation Authorities have limited the number of flights for all airlines.
Therefore, on October 12, we plan to operate100 % of our long-haul flights, and have had to cancel some domestic and European flights.
We apologize for any inconvenience this situation may cause you.
Our commercial services will do their utmost to inform you of flight cancellations and offer you alternative solutions where applicable, either on a flight with Air France, with KLM through Amsterdam, or with one of the SkyTeam alliance partners.
Please check your flight status before you travel to the airport.
Air France - KLM will cancel some short and medium haul flights on September, 23. 100% of longhauls will fly. Airline passengers ie. Ryanair (200 flights cancelled) and Aer Lingus passengers you'd better call your airline. Last strike, Air France cleared back up off flights reasonable early the following day after the strike. 400 flights to and from UK will be cancelled. Thousands of air passengers delayed world wide as passengers had to be delayed or diverted. See flightradar24.com I
France will have another general strike 23, September, follow along on front page
Air France - KLM press release
Tuesday 09/21/2010 09:35:35 TU
Some Air traffic controllers' trade unions will take part in the general strike launched in France on Thursday, September 23. As a result, French Civil Aviation Authorities have limited the number of flights of all airlines.
Therefore, we plan to operate 100% of our long-haul flights. However, we will cancel some short and medium-haul flights.
Our flight schedule is currently being updated.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Our commercial services will do their utmost to inform you of flight cancellations and offer you alternatives where applicable, either on a flight with Air France, with KLM through Amsterdam or with one of the alliance partners.
Please check your flight status before you travel to the airport.
You may find updated information on departures and arrivals on the home page by clicking on "Flight and destination information".
You may also :
- Phone the Air france local call center or travel agent
- If you are in France, call Air France on 3654
Old stuff
Air France-KLM will strike, 1:00 to 24:00 Thursday, June 24, 2010 expect flight delays and disruptions out of Paris, Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports.
17, March, 2010 Air France flight attendants to strike Sunday, 28, March, 2010, to Wednedsay, 31, March, 2010. If no agreement is made expect disruptions on short hauls.
7 Feb. 2010 Here we go, first one of the new year. But a whole week-end! I hear you cry. Still time to change your flight, hurry up.
AIR FRANCE, two pilot unions UNPL and R'Way have given notice of a strike. From Friday, 26 February to Monday, 1, March 2010. Air France assurances that passengers will not be affected
Obese passengers to be charged double to fly with Air France
1/12/10 Double whammy in France. Air traffic controllers strike Wednesday till Friday am and weather is causing massive flight cancellations. Air France will not cancel long hauls, but domestic flights out of Orly and CDG will be cancelled. Check with airline asap and our front page.
12/20/09 Weather disruptions of French domestic flight programme and European flight programme are expected at Paris-Orly and at Paris-Charle de Gaulle airports.
However, Air France plans to operate all its long-haul flights at Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
October,7, 2009 Protests and General strike France
8/14/09 Kenya Airways has been having industrial action see info
7/9/09 Air France may impose temporary lay-offs or part-time working as it faces a continued slump in traffic. Not a word on the Internet about the pilot strike threat during the summer. We have emailed union and Air France, no reply from both....
***Alert:-5/22/09 Air France pilots union SNPL will protest over union rules, has filed a notice for a national strike on each of the weekends from July 10 to August 3, 2009
Heads up, France strike, Tuesday, May 26 and Saturday, June 13, 2009 French General strike nationwide. Change travel plans to earlier rather than later. 8 unions participating.
13 June, 09 Train union was to join strike, train travel across country normal today. Air France only one cancellation in am. Protests nationwide, low turn out,
(Air France pilots battled for 15 minutes to save doomed flight AF 447 .telegraph.co.uk
20 June, 09 Air France chief executive Phillipe Gourgeon told RTL radio that the airline plans to make an advance of about C17,500 ($24,400) for each of the 228 victims, with no strings attached.
3 June, 09 Intertropical Convergence Zone, a clash of weather systems stretching around the Earth's midsection. It's been compared to a slithering snake that runs several hundred miles wide and towers up to 60,000 feet. And its latest victim may have been Air France Flight 447..mysuncoast.com
2 June 09 Plane found.cbc.ca
1 June 09 Air France passenger jet missing. Brazil to Paris, 228 passengers. Article from AOL
Woman dies in car crash days after missing doomed Air France flight. cbc.ca
Two passengers on doomed Air France jet cleared of links to Islamic terrorism. Dailymail.co.uk)
Indonesian escapes Air France crash Antara news
5/09 Air France/KLM Group announced a net operating loss of 814€ million for 2007/2008. The Group plans to reduce its payroll by around 3000.
2 May 09 Air France, Swine flu, baggage handlers refusing to unload planes from Mexico, causing delays and chaos. Involved 1,000 passengers from Cancun and around a dozen flights from Spain. An Air France crew and several individual flight attendants have refused to board flights to Mexico since the outbreak of the swine flu crisis. See what pilots union is saying SNPL
France General strike, nationwide, Friday, 1 May, 2009
3/20/09 After the dust settled. CDG, international and domestic flights departed on time. Other airports across the country were hit badly.
Here we go again!
8 Unions call for general strike "les grèves," (the French word for strikes) again on 19 March, 2009
Due to the cancellation of TGV express trains on 19 March 2009, Air France has arranged bus service to operate between Brussels-Midi train station and Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in both directions.
These busses are exclusively reserved to clients holding a reservation and an
Air France ticket on one of the cancelled TGV trains on 19 March 2009.
For more information on bus schedule, passengers concerned are kindly requested to contact Air France at nr 070 / 22 24 66 or their travel agent.
Air France sincerely regrets this situation and will do its utmost to inform and reroute all its customers.
Check Air France web site, they have a fantastic sale going on. $149 one way to Europe!
16 February, 2009 Air France-KLM cancels deliveries of planes 6 airbus, Boeing 777-300 passenger planes and its first 777 freighter, by two to three years.
13 February, 09 Air France to slash 2,000 jobs.
Last time
1/29/09 Not so black. Gridlock in cities. For today's long haul flights to NY, 3 canceled this morning. Seems like they are flying. All but 3 lines of Metro working. Buses and trains as normal. Suburban trains lines into and around Paris were badly hit.
The national state-owned railway SNCF said traffic was normal on trains from Paris to other European capitals such as London and Zurich. It said the national high-speed TGV trains were running normally in eastern France, with traffic at 50 percent to 80 percent of normal levels in other parts of the country.
1/27/09 Under French law, 30% of french flights have to be guaranteed..Nothing on Air France web site. Yet.
1/16/09 Air France strike, employees 4,500 pilots, general transportation strike country wide, Black Thursday, expect arrival and departure delays on 29 January 2009, expect severe disruptions country wide on all forms of transportation, 8 Unions involved.1/15/09 Air France, strike 29 January, 2009 to coincide with industrial action planned throughout France. 8 unions have agreed to join the strike. Job security the issue. Expect delays to and from airports and long hauls. Trains and buses limited or none at all.11/30/08 Air France KLM has no immediate plans to reduce fuel surcharge,
17 Tues Back to normal today and they will retire at 65. Strike cost Air France 100 million euros ($126m). French trains are striking on Friday!
16 Sunday, Only thing to add, French trains have added more cars.
Pilot strike due to end on Monday at midnight.
Spain has had Air France has canceled 20 out of its 46 flights scheduled for Spain today, affecting routes between Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Paris and Lyon.
15 Nov 08 Air France second day pilots strike. 30-35% long hauls canceled.United States were hardest hit. Flights to Chicago, Detroit, Houston, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle were all canceled. Overnight the SNPL pilots union said it would be consulting members at midday Saturday over the government's latest offer and could call off the strike, which is planned to last until midnight Monday. AP
The pilots called their strike to protest new rules that would end the current requirement for them to retire at 60, forcing them to work until the age of 65. But the government has since offered to amend the reform so pilots would still be able to retire at 60 if they wished.
11/3/08 Air France, Expect serious disruptions. France, Paris Air France-KLM delayed strike from this Tuesday to December 5-9. 8 Unions, cabin crews and French Pilots Union,a four day strike for all French carriers. From Nov 14 , expect half of long haul flights to be canceled. Starts at midnight (2300 GMT Thursday) and end Monday at midnight (2300 GMT), It may go on longer, if flight attendants join in after Monday.See Air France web site
8 Unions, cabin crews and French Pilots Union,a four day strike for all French carriers. From Nov 14. Flight departures are non existent.
10/31/08 Air France strike, French Pilots To Strike Over Retirement Age Proposal Friday for a four-day strike across all French air carriers from Nov. 14 The SNPL union called for the walkout a day after eight unions at Air France-KLM (3112.FR) announced a five-day strike from Nov. 4-8 by pilots and attendants, which was backed Friday by another pilots' union at Air France, Alter.
10/5/08 Air France looks to becoming the preferred European carrier for Indians, says the airline’s Senior Vice-President of International and The Netherlands Division, Jean-Louis Pinson. hindu.com
3 July 08 American airline Continental and five individuals are to stand trial in France on manslaughter charges over the crash of an Air France Concorde near Paris in 2000.abc.net.au
Nov 08 Air France has found themselves loosing 100 mln Euro's per day due to the 8 Unions now on strike. Will be followed by more flight disruptions Dec 5-9 as flight attendants have also been told their retirement age has gone from 60-65 years of age. One minute you see yourself sitting on the beach with a mixed drink at 60 years and one day. Only to be told, sorry! Cocktail has to wait till you turn 65. 11/17/08 The French Senate approved the measure by a vote of 200 to 139 in a late night session to raise the pilot retirement age to 65. When Air France, strike, these airports get effected Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport for Beirut, Belgrade, Bologna, Copenhagen and Zagreb as well as the French cities of Lyon, Nantes, Nice and Toulouse. Longhaul flights to US cities, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle Visa versa.
Tip, Taxi from Charles de Gaulle airport to Paris $100-$120.
Shared shuttle $40.
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Air France has a whopping 58,000 employees. French travel Guide, review for the French airline, Air France, general strikes, pilots, unions, cabin crews, luggage handlers. Just what's the use of cheap tickets, cheap flights when you have to pay extra for hotel, food and stress. First provincial hub opening in Marseille, by October 2011. Followed by Nice, Toulouse and Bordeaux, due by Spring 2012. Watch out Ryanair and Flybe.
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