easyJet Paris flights cancelled due to strike

Luton-based airline easyJet today cancelled 24 flights in and out of Paris Orly airport due to a strike by air traffic control staff.

The low-fare airline serves 30 European business and leisure destinations from two British hubs (Luton and Liverpool), Amsterdam, and Geneva. It flies 64 Boeing 737s and has more on order.

Ryanair Holdings PLC also warned passengers that its flights to and from France and flights that fly over French airspace may be disrupted.

The CGT and CFDT unions called the strike, scheduled to run from 6.00am until 11.00pm, in protest at a planned reorganisation of air-traffic control in the Paris area.