Air traffic: Paris-Orly, Bordeaux, Toulouse… up to 20% of flights canceled until Tuesday.

Be careful if you are flying in the coming days. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has submitted its requests for this weekend and also by Tuesday, April 4th. Preventive cancellations, required until the sixteenth day in a row on Tuesday, affect nearly 20% of flights at multiple airports. Update day by day.

On Saturday, the DGAC asked airlines to reduce flight schedules by 20% on Saturday, April 1, at Toulouse and Bordeaux airports, on departure and arrival. These recommendations are designed to match the volume of flights and the number of air traffic controllers at their posts in order to avoid even more disruptions.

On Sunday, the biggest disruption will be at Paris-Orly Airport, where 25% of flights are due to be cancelled. In Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes, this figure should also reach 20% both at the start and at the finish. These are the same proportions as on the weekend of March 25th.

“Expected failures and delays”

During the first week of April, these preventive cancellations, required for the 15th and 16th consecutive days, will cover 20% of Monday and Tuesday flights to Marseille-Provence and Bordeaux. Paris-Orly will also be affected on Tuesday in the same proportion, the DGAC said in a press release.

Despite these preventive measures, “glitches and delays are to be expected,” the DGAC stressed. These measures may apply, in addition to airports, to certain en-route air navigation centers (CRNAs) that direct aircraft flying over national territory.

Given France’s geographic location, these strikes are having a cascading effect on all European air travel. On Wednesday in Brussels, the main association of European companies on the Old Continent, Airlines for Europe, expressed its annoyance and called on the European Commission to intervene to protect flights in the event of a strike by French air traffic controllers.

Since the beginning of the mobilization, DGAC has suggested that passengers who may be able to postpone their trip contact their company to find out the status of their flight.