At least 40 EasyJet flights will be canceled this Saturday in France due to a cabin crew strike, with further cancellations expected on Sunday, during a stoppage occurring on one of the summer’s busiest traffic weekends.
Currently, 39 flights departing from French airports have already been canceled this Saturday, reported the newspaper Les Echos, cited by the news agency EFE, with a similar number of cancellations expected for return flights.
The strike, supported by the three unions representing cabin crew—SNPNC-FO, UNAC-CFE-CGC, and UNPNC-CFDT—was called after the failure of negotiations with management regarding working conditions.
EasyJet operates at the Paris airports of Charles de Gaulle and Orly, as well as in Lyon, Nantes, Bordeaux, and Nice.
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The unions denounce a “continuous degradation” of working conditions and demand, among other measures, greater schedule stability. They criticize last-minute changes, flight sequences over several days, and rotations that they consider particularly demanding.
The strike is part of a call issued by the unions for the period between August 7 and September 2, meaning new mobilizations could occur in the coming weeks. In France, EasyJet has several thousand workers, a significant portion of whom consist of cabin crew.
France constitutes one of the carrier’s main markets in continental Europe, where the British company has expanded its activities in recent years.
