strikes
Strike on 15 March: no black day, but still...
Updated on 14 March at 6.30pm. The first few days of the week saw traffic return to normal on the Paris metro, although there were still slight disruptions on the RER and Transilien lines. But what will happen on Wednesday 15 March, when a new call for a general strike has been issued by the...
Strike on 9 March: improvements in sight at RATP
With a third consecutive day of strikes looming on 9 March, the outlook for metro users is rather positive. RATP expects "traffic to be even better than on 8 March". On Thursday, traffic will be disrupted on the metro, but "almost normal...
Strike on 8 March: improvement in sight but disruption...
RATP expects a gradual improvement on 8 March and 9 March. However, the Paris metro will continue to experience major disruption on Wednesday. The automatic lines will be spared, with normal traffic on lines 1 and 14 and near-normal traffic on line 4. Almost all other metro lines will be running...
Strike on 7 March: expected disruptions
Tuesday 7 March marks a new day of action against pension reform. As a result, further disruption to transport services is expected in France. One flight in five is expected to be cancelled at Paris-CDG on 7 and 8 March. The cancellation rate is expected to reach 30% at Orly, Beauvais, Bordeaux,...
Strike on 16 February: expected disruption
The mobilisation against pensions will lead to a new call for strike action on 16 February. However, this should have less of an impact on travel in the Ile-de-France region than previous strike days. This is the conclusion to be drawn from the 48-hour forecasts published on Tuesday by RATP. It is forecasting traffic...
SNCF network still disrupted by strike action on Wednesday
Rail travel will again be affected on 8 February by a strike against pension reform. SNCF is reporting an average of 2 trains out of 3 for TGV INOUI and OUIGO. The company expects 2 out of 3 trains to be running on the Northern TGV axis...
Strike on 7 February: disruption to be expected
So it's going to be another complex day for mobile professionals. The strike against pension reform is leading to a new strike action on 7 February. RATP is expecting major traffic disruption on the Paris metro. Almost all lines will be affected on Tuesday, with the exception of lines 1, 14...
Strike on 31 January: traffic forecasts
The strike on 31 January will result in major traffic disruption at RATP. As is often the case, metro lines 1 and 14 will be the only ones spared, but will be at risk of saturation. On line 1, Reuilly-Diderot, Bastille and Champs-Elysées Clémenceau stations will only be open during rush hour (7.30am-9.30am and...
British trains heading for new strikes
The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) made the news official on 17 January. British railways will once again be disrupted by strike action. The strike is scheduled for 1 and 3 February. It is expected to affect around fifteen British operators, including : Avanti West Coast, Chiltern...
Strike on 19 January: forecasts for RATP, SNCF and other...
As expected, the strike on 19 January will make travelling by train, plane and public transport much more difficult. RATP is expecting "very disrupted traffic on the RER and metro", according to the forecasts published on 17 January. Lines 1 and 14 will be the only ones spared by the strike. They will...
Strike and major disruption ahead at UK airports
London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow: these are the airports that will be affected by the Border Force agents' strike. The strike begins on 23 December and will last for eight days. December 27 should not be affected. According to Cirium data relayed by Reuters, these are...
SNCF strike: traffic severely disrupted from Friday
From 2 December, business travellers will have to contend with a new strike, this time instigated by train managers. SNCF expects traffic to be severely disrupted, particularly on long-distance trains. In France, according to information released on Wednesday morning, the...
Strike on 10 November: a black day at RATP
While previous strikes have tended to affect the SNCF and spared the Ile-de-France network, the mobilisation on Thursday 10 November is likely to have the opposite effect, significantly disrupting travel in Paris and the Ile-de-France region, while mainline trains will be running normally and InterCités and TER trains will only be affected...
Strike in Italian skies on Friday
The air traffic controllers' strike scheduled for Friday will last 24 hours. ITA Airways recently announced the flights that will be affected by the strike. Some 220 domestic and international routes will be affected. Return flights between Nice and Rome (AZ 343 and AZ 354) have been cancelled. Thirteen flights to and from...
Strike on 18 October: SNCF takes stock
On Monday afternoon, the SNCF released its forecasts for the strike action on 18 October. According to the rail company, business travellers should experience limited disruption on the main routes. There will be little or no impact on international routes, particularly on the Eurostar, Thalys and Lyria networks. SNCF expects...
Strike on 18 October: RATP forecasts
The strike call on 18 October is not expected to cause any major disruption on the Paris metro. This is what emerges from the forecasts communicated on Sunday by RATP, which is predicting "normal or almost normal traffic on all lines". However, RATP is forecasting slight disruption on lines 6, 12 and 12...
Strike on 29 September: RATP traffic relatively unaffected
With a nationwide strike looming on 29 September, those involved in business travel are beginning to assess the potential impact on passengers. RATP has just released its initial estimates, which are reassuring for users. Normal traffic levels are expected on the Paris metro. And even...
French skies disrupted by strike action on 16 September
Modified on 14/09 at 10:15 This Friday 16 September, business travellers will have to cope with "severe disruption" to air traffic, according to a press release from the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). The DGAC has reportedly asked airlines to cancel half of their flight schedules. The reason: a strike...
Strike announced, then cancelled at Lufthansa on 7 and 8 September
Updated on 6/09 at 5pm. After a strike which saw Lufthansa cancel more than 800 flights from Frankfurt and Munich last weekend, the German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit called a new strike, this time for Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 September. The...
Lufthansa paralysed by strike action at its Frankfurt and Paris...
No fewer than 800 flights were cancelled on Friday by Lufthansa, whose operations are paralysed by a strike initiated by the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots' union. In other words, almost all of the airline's operations to and from its Frankfurt and Munich hubs have ground to a halt. A total of 130,000...






































