Ryanair: 1,400 flights cancelled due to controller strikes

Ryanair today called for the EU Commission to remove the "right to strike" from air traffic controllers (ATCs) saying it had been forced to cancel 1,400 flights this year due to industrial action

"So far in 2010, Ryanair has been forced to cancel 1,400 flights and delay over 12,000 other flights, disrupting over 2.5m passengers, as a direct result of Belgian, French and Spanish ATC strikes and work to rules," the airline said.