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Just a day after French unions lodged fresh strike notices, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary sounded the alarm that repeated French air-traffic-control (ATC) walk-outs could once again derail Europe’s peak-season schedules. Speaking to Irish and French media on 23 January, O’Leary said he expects controllers to stage rolling weekend strikes from May or June, creating “another mess” similar to the chaos seen last summer.
French controllers led Europe in ATC-related delays in 2025, accounting for 31 % of the continent’s ATC…
