At least half of Air France planes were grounded Monday due to a strike by pilots. Sometimes much more, as in Toulouse, Marseille and Lyon. And Tuesday will be even harder with 60% of flights canceled
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Six flights on Air France 10 will be canceled Tuesday because of a strike by pilots, rather than Monday, and disruptions and delays “are not to be excluded,” he Monday the company. Air France plans “tomorrow 40% of flights maintained” and “60% of strikers,” he told a news briefing Catherine Jude, Director of Operations Control Centre. For Monday, the forecast was for 48% of flights operated.
Strike affiliated with majority union SNPL _ which joined the SPAF second union and Alter (unrepresentative) drivers, began Monday. Air France is expected to undergo a hard conflict is the case. At least half of the planes were grounded today but sometimes much more, as in Toulouse, where 80% of flights were canceled. And Tuesday will be even more difficult, “ Air France plans to provide 40% of its flights for the day of September 15, 2014, in view of a pilot strike rate estimated at 60% for that day , “the company said (see box). The strike is renewable until September 22.
Here’s the situation Monday at 3:40 p.m. on the main airport hubs of France.
A Roissy , according to airport sources, 212 flights were canceled on the day, some 500 planned. The situation was calm, with no expected delays or cancellations unannounced.
At Orly, there were 64 flights canceled, 140 for a normal day. As Roissy, the situation was “calm” without cancellation hot or delay.
A Marseille Provence (Marignane), three Air France flights on four (60 of the 80 daily flights) were canceled.
According to the scoreboard, from Toulouse Blagnac , 32 Air France flights to all destinations combined, were canceled out of 41 planned, or nearly 80%, the airport is apparently the most affected.
In Lyon l airport Saint-Exupéry has reported 71% of flights Air France canceled: 12 originally scheduled on 18 and 12 to finish on 16 programmed. On the website of the airport, however, we counted down 17 flights canceled over 18 flights and 14 of 16 on arrival.
A Bordeaux-Merignac, almost 50% of flights Air France were canceled.
A Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne three flights Air France to Paris planned Monday were canceled .
A Nice , 71% of flights were canceled at both departure and arrival (22 of 31 flights scheduled departure and arrival ). On Tuesday, the cancellation rate (arrival and departure) to climb to 82%, depending on the airport.
In Montpellier cancellations initially represented 38% of flights Air France. The proportion of flights canceled (or return) was 50% with Paris (Orly or CDG).
A Lesquin on sixty flights and arrival all airlines, Air France 4 flights were canceled at the start and at the finish 4 (100% of flights with) and 2 flights Hop! (Regional subsidiary of Air France) from 2 and on arrival, the pilots could not reach their platform because of the strike. The cancellation of three flights, flights to Paris and two flights to Marseille, “he told AFP the direction of the airport.
In Nantes counting flights Hop! there were 6 flights canceled departing flights of 27 and 8 of 32 at the finish. A Brest, two flights were canceled on 19 at baseline and 3 of 19 on arrival while at Rennes, 1 flight to Paris was canceled 11 departures scheduled.
In Corsica about 66% of flights Air France between Corsica and mainland were canceled.
Money
The company reiterates its advice to passengers who can postpone their trip between 23 and September 30. those whose flights are canceled will be refunded without charge and a “compensation” will be paid, said in a statement the company. Compensation will be 250 euros for domestic flights, 400 euros for European flights and 600 euros for long-haul flights.
“This morning the vast majority of our customers have complied with our instructions,” there was “no rush,” the situation was ” calm in airports, “the Director of Operations Control Centre, Catherine Jude.
Air France claims to have sent “more than 600,000 messages” to the passengers, who recommends that customers with flights by 22 September period covered by the call for strike, “defer travel or change their tickets at no cost.” If the flight is canceled, the ticket is paid “in full”. They can also receive a credit valid for one year on Air France or KLM if they postpone their trip after September 30, change of destination or point of departure or cancel their ticket.
These steps can be performed on www.airfrance.com, mobile company sites, by telephone via the hotline 0800 240 260 or from abroad on +33 1 57 10 February 58, or Twitter (AirfranceFR) or Facebook (Facebook.com/airfrance.)
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