strikes

Train travel across the Channel is set for further major disruption in the near future... A major strike action has been formalised by the ASLEF union, which claims to represent 96% of train drivers in England, Scotland and Wales. The walkout will begin at 0.00am on Thursday 15 September...

This Wednesday 27 July, the 24-hour warning strike by the Verdi union is totally disrupting air traffic to and from Germany for Lufthansa. According to information from the two airports in Frankfurt and Munich, almost all the German carrier's flights will be cancelled on 27 July. So, on departure from Paris...

The strike in Italy on 17 July is expected to affect employees of three low-cost airlines: easyJet, Volotea and Ryanair. Air traffic controllers are also affected by the strike, which was initially scheduled to last 24 hours but has now been reduced to four hours. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="127507"]...

Passengers, whether business travellers or holidaymakers, can rest assured: their flights from Paris CDG should be operating as planned this weekend and in the near future. According to AFP, the strike notice issued by several ADP Group employee unions has been lifted. In addition,...

Announced several weeks ago, the strike on Wednesday 6 July, following a national industrial action led by four SNCF unions, will cause a great deal of disruption on the French rail network. While international traffic on Eurostar, Thalys and Lyria will be virtually unaffected by the strike, the TGV Inoui and Ouigo services...

From 30 June until the end of the weekend on 3 July, flights out of Paris CDG will be disrupted following a strike called by some Paris Airport staff to demand pay rises. As a result, and as it did for the same reasons at the beginning of June, the...

The situation seems paradoxical. For two years, airport authorities and airlines have been repeating over and over again that they were all anticipating a resumption of traffic - some putting it at 2022, others at 2023. In reality, however, it seems that not many people have prepared - except in words - for the big return of the...

On 20 June, it was Brussels airport's turn to face a staff shortage, with major consequences for business travellers. The airport management was forced to cancel all operations scheduled for Monday. The reason: strike action within the...

Business travellers due to fly today (8 June) or tomorrow (9 June) can expect to be patient or to revise their flight plans. A strike by security staff has prompted Paris Airport to tweet a warning to passengers to "anticipate your arrival and check your flight details with...

Unlike the previous strike, which caused major disruption to business travel in the Paris region last February, the strike on 25 March is expected to have a limited impact. RATP published its 48-hour forecasts on Wednesday. These show normal traffic on the RER network and almost normal traffic on the...

Business travel in the Paris region is likely to be chaotic, to say the least, on Friday. A major strike is forcing RATP to recommend that "all passengers who are able to do so [should] postpone their journeys on the network that day". And with good reason: metro lines 2, 3bis, 5, 7bis,...

After a short reprieve, the people of the Paris region will once again face disruption on public transport on Friday. The industrial action planned for 24 January will result in disrupted traffic on the RATP network. We expect 3 Orlybuses out of 4, and almost normal traffic for the Roissybus....

It's time to take stock of air travel. Air Indemnité has taken the plunge, putting a figure on the disruption to flights to and from French airports in 2019. To begin 2020 with a touch of optimism, we welcome the positive findings of this study. Starting with the...

On the last day of 2019, SNCF expects to be able to run half of its TGV traffic, with 1 train in 2 on average on 31 December, and 1 train in 3 on the Ouigo network. The ratio will be the same on the TER network, with 5 trains out of 10 in circulation, while...

The strike action initiated in Germany by the Verdi trade union is limited in time - 24 hours of action from midday on 19 December - and will not prevent business travellers from travelling, in principle... Lufthansa management has warned that "in exceptional cases, flights may be cancelled".

On Wednesday, RATP published its traffic forecasts for 19 December. While traffic remains "very disrupted", an improvement is expected on Paris transport services this Thursday. Metro lines 2, 4, 7, 8 and 9 will be partially operational during rush hour. Lines 10 and 11 will continue to operate...

RATP published its traffic forecasts for 18 December on Tuesday afternoon. The day after the demonstration, public transport will continue to be affected by the strike, on this 14th day of action. On the Paris metro, lines 4, 7, 8 and 9 will run at peak times. Lines 11 and...

SNCF is expecting 1 in 4 trains this Tuesday 17 December on the TGV and Ouigo networks, 1 in 5 on Transilien, and 3 in 10 on the TER network. On Monday, SNCF recorded a strike rate of 61% for drivers, 41% for ticket inspectors and 17.3% for signalmen. From...

This Monday 16 December, RATP is announcing "very disrupted traffic". 1 train out of 2 is expected on RER A and 1 train out of 3 on RER B. As for the metro, lines 1, 14 and Orlyval will operate normally, with lines 4, 7, 8 and 9, 11 (morning) and 3 (evening) running partially...

Following on from the disruptions seen over the past week on the French transport system, there will be major disruptions on the metro and RER networks on 12 December. RATP expects traffic to be similar to Wednesday, with 1 train in 2 on the RER A and 1 train in 3 on the RER A...