Thousands of passengers suffer as French air traffic controllers strike

THOUSANDS of air passengers are expected to be affected by the latest strike by French air traffic controllers today.

Ryanair and Aer Lingus have cancelled all but one of their scheduled flights from Ireland to France. The Aer Lingus EI524 service to Paris is expected to leave Dublin at 11.45am, with the return flight from Paris scheduled for 3.15pm.

The national airline has cancelled two other Dublin-Paris flights, the two Dublin-Nice services and this morning’s Cork-Paris flight.