strikes
Strike on 19 December: RATP and SNCF forecasts
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...
Further transport disruption on 18 December
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...
Strike: forecasts for 17 December
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...
Strike: disruptions on 16 December
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...
Strike: no improvement in sight on 12 December
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...
Strike: RATP traffic on 11 December
This Wednesday 11 December, as on the previous day, RATP is forecasting major disruption on the metro and RER networks. One train in two on RER A and 1 in 3 on RER B during rush hour. Unlike Tuesday, only lines 4, 7, 8 and 9 will be partially operated...
SNCF, RATP, airports: a complicated week on the transport network
"The situation will be difficult until the end of the week": this is the message from Alain Krakovitch, Managing Director of Transilien, who gave his prognosis to France Info. Indeed, on 10 December, only 1 in 5 Transilien trains will be running. The frequency is the same on the TGV network...
Strike: further disruption to transport services on 9 December
After a complicated weekend in terms of mobility, a new week of disruption begins on 9 December. RATP is reporting extremely disrupted traffic on the metro and RER networks. Ten metro lines remain at a standstill, and traffic on lines 4, 7, 8 and 9 is limited to rush hour. The...
SNCF, RATP, Air France: strikes continue on 6...
As expected, the national strike will continue to have a major impact on travel this Friday 6 December. SNCF is expecting 1 TGV in 10 on average, and 15% of traffic on average on the Transilien network. For international business travellers, the day also promises to be very complex, with...
Strike on 5 December: 1 train in 10, the majority of...
As expected, the strike action on Thursday 5 December is paralysing much of the transport network. The SNCF is describing "very serious disruption to rail traffic across the entire network". The first disruptions began on Wednesday evening. And this 5 December is the peak of the national cross-industry strike, which is being called because of the...
Lufthansa: 180,000 passengers affected by the strike
The strike action launched by the UFO union has been affecting passengers on the Lufthansa network since Thursday. More than a thousand flights are affected - 1,300 to be precise - until Friday evening. Lufthansa plans to operate 2,300 of the 3,000 flights scheduled for Thursday, then 2,400 of the 3,000 flights scheduled for Friday. This turbulence is expected to affect 180,000 passengers...
SNCF strike: disruption to TGV Atlantique services
Three trains out of ten this Wednesday 30 October, then eight out of ten from Thursday onwards: that's the schedule for the TGV Atlantique in what is sure to be a complicated week for rail travel. The disruption is due to strike action at the Châtillon technicentre. Other days of industrial action are expected to disrupt travel...
RATP, SNCF: traffic forecasts for the strike on...
A few days after the huge strike which paralysed RATP traffic on 13 September, a new strike notice has been issued for 24 September. Although disruption is expected to be more limited, business travellers are advised to make their own arrangements, especially as the strike will also affect the SNCF network. The...
RATP strike: traffic extremely disrupted on Friday
It's going to be a black day for travellers in Paris and the Ile-de-France region this Friday 13 September. According to forecasts published by RATP, traffic will be disrupted on the vast majority of metro lines. Only the automatic lines (1 and 14) are expected to operate, but with a logical risk of saturation. As for the...
British Airways paralysed by pilots' strike
Business travel to and from the UK is being disrupted this Monday by strike action instigated by the pilots' union, BALPA (British Airline Pilots Association): a first in the history of the airline, which celebrated its 100th anniversary at the end of August... British Airways traffic is...
Strike action at Transavia
A strike by Transavia cabin crew will affect the low-cost airline's traffic until Sunday. However, disruption is expected to be limited, with management planning to operate 95% of its schedule on Friday. Nevertheless, this strike action is a wake-up call for the group...
Air France cuts its domestic network
Air France will be cutting back on its domestic network. The company made the news official on 13 May, at the end of the Central Social and Economic Committee (CSEC) meeting. A total of 465 positions are affected by a voluntary redundancy plan to be implemented over less than two years, targeting the airline's domestic network. For...
SAS: end of pilots' strike
The strike had been disrupting SAS operations since 26 April. It officially ended on the evening of 2 May, when common ground was reached on the renegotiation of collective agreements, as part of a three-year agreement. SAS management estimates that some 360,000 passengers have...
Pilots' strike at SAS: 70% flights cancelled
A massive strike by pilots in Sweden, Denmark and Norway has been disrupting SAS operations since Friday. And it is set to continue over the next few hours. On Monday 29 April, the cancellation of 667 flights is expected to affect some 61,000 passengers. Bis repetita on...
Strike action: Eurostar travel disrupted
Eurostar traffic is still disrupted by the strike by French customs. The rail company is therefore adjusting its timetable accordingly, with some cancellations. Three trains have been cancelled on 18 March - departures initially scheduled for 7.04am, 8.37am and 9.03pm from Paris Nord - and five others on the same day.









































