--- description: Air traffic controllers began a two-day strike Wednesday title: 40% of Flights in France Canceled Amid Strike image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcb45ea56b3f2f57/6987e5863c1639797b454de2/france-strike-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 40% of Flights in France Canceled Amid Strike  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2015 11:33 AM CUT  Travellers check a flight information board with various of them listed as 'cancelled' due to a strike of air traffic controllers at the Charles de Gaulle internation airport's terminal 2, in Roissy, near Paris, April 8, 2015. Travellers check a flight information board with various of them listed as 'cancelled' due to a strike of air traffic controllers at the Charles de Gaulle internation airport's terminal 2, in Roissy, near Paris, April 8, 2015.Ian Langsdon—EPA  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2015 11:33 AM CUT Roughly 40 percent of flights in France [have been canceled](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/774ab56e8273481cb8eff899ae7094d1/40-percent-flights-canceled-france-amid-strike "undefined") as the country’s air traffic controllers began a two-day strike Wednesday. The SNCTA union, [which is France’s largest](http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32203876 "undefined"), is clashing with airlines over raising the retirement age and working conditions, the AP reports. Air France, the country’s biggest airline, said long flights would not be affected and that 60 percent of its medium-haul flights in and out of Charles de Gaulle airport would continue. However, two out of three flights to and from France’s Orly airport, the country’s second largest, have been canceled. “It’s grossly unfair that thousands of European travelers will once again have their travel plans disrupted by the selfish actions of a tiny number of French ATC workers,” [Ryanair said in a statement](http://corporate.ryanair.com/news/news/150407-ryanair-statement-re-french-atc-strike/?market=en "undefined"). The airline has so far canceled more than 250 flights. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/774ab56e8273481cb8eff899ae7094d1/40-percent-flights-canceled-france-amid-strike "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3804690/france-flights-strike-air-traffic-controllers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3804690/france-flights-strike-air-traffic-controllers/"},"headline":"40% of Flights in France Canceled Amid Strike","datePublished":"2015-04-08T11:33:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:07:36.489Z","description":"Air traffic controllers began a two-day strike Wednesday","url":"https://time.com/3804690/france-flights-strike-air-traffic-controllers/","keywords":["France","Transportation","Airlines","Flights"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcb45ea56b3f2f57/6987e5863c1639797b454de2/france-strike-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcb45ea56b3f2f57/6987e5863c1639797b454de2/france-strike-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"France strike","caption":"Travellers check a flight information board with various of them listed as 'cancelled' due to a strike of air traffic controllers at the Charles de Gaulle internation airport's terminal 2, in Roissy, near Paris, April 8, 2015.","creditText":"Ian Langsdon—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3804690/france-flights-strike-air-traffic-controllers/","name":"40% of Flights in France Canceled Amid Strike"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Amazing Drone Footage","description":"Here's some of the best drone footage from the web.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nRfSLNxe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-08T18:49:28.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nRfSLNxe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3804690/france-flights-strike-air-traffic-controllers/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3804690/france-flights-strike-air-traffic-controllers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```