French air traffic controllers have called off a three-day strike scheduled for September 28, 29 and 30.
The industrial action was expected to cause significant disruption to airports around the country, but was abandoned after a dispute over wages and staff numbers was resolved with France’s civil aviation authority.
The union that represents French air traffic controllers, the Syndicat national des contrôleurs du trafic aérien (SNCTA), said: “After 48 hours of continuous conciliation in an extremely tight schedule, an agreement was reached allowing the SNCTA to lift its strike notice.”
The threat of strike action came a week after a one-day walkout by French air traffic controllers on September 16, which prompted easyJet to cancel 76 flights, British Airways to cancel 22, and Ryanair to cancel 420 affecting 80,000 of its passengers.
The SNCTA said the previous strike action was the reason next week’s strike has been called off.
“It took the strong mobilisation of September 16 for the Directorate General for Civil Aviation and the public authorities to resolve to provide concrete elements to the claims of the controllers,” it said.