The September strike follows more than 50 days of industrial action this year, and is timed to coincide with the Rugby World Cup in France
has been particularly vocal about the effect of ongoing French ATC strikes this year, which have triggered the cancelation of hundreds of flights.
Ryanair has presented a petition to the European Commission, calling on it to protect all overflights, as well as require 21 days’ notice for industrial action. It claims that France is using minimum service legislation to protect French flights exclusively during these strikes, while “overflights” that use French airspace to travel to and from destinations elsewhere “suffer from these cancellations.” Other countries such as Italy and Greece protect overflights during industrial action.
However, if a flight is cancelled, you are entitled to a full refund within seven days of the date of travel, or to be re-routed to your destination either on the original airline or via an alternative route if the replacement flight offered is unsuitable. You have the right to organise this yourself if necessary, then claim back reasonable costs from the airline.
Passengers at the airport whose flights are delayed by two hours are entitled to a reasonable amount of food and drink and access to phone calls and emails, as well as accommodation if the delay is overnight. For flights over 1,500km, the delay threshold rises to three hours and for flights over 3,500km it is four hours. If a flight is delayed by more than five hours, passengers have the right not to take flight and can request a refund.
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