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24/03/10
More Strikes Affecting Travel !
Strikes by French Air Traffic Controllers for the next few days may affect your flights from France. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8529978.stm
A National Strike in France may affect those holidaying in Paris who want to travel by train. About half the trains were running on Paris commuter lines on Tuesday morning 23rd March, while nearly two-thirds of national high-speed TGV services were operating, according to French news agency AFP.
National rail operator SNCF said services would be disrupted until early on Wednesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8582485.stm
And British Airways have plans to strike again on March 27-30. For more information : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8583907.stm However the ferry companies are hoping to gain some business from these strikes by bringing two new ferries onto the Portsmouth to France route ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8583270.stm
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19/03/10
BA strike: Cabin crew to walk out as talks collapse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8576727.stm
17/03/10
Another Possible Strike Affecting Air France !
Well so far my blog has listed a lot of strikes affecting tourists heading to France ! It wasnt intended to be such a depressing blog and hopefully I will find some good holiday news soon !
Air France Cabin Crew are threatening to strike if no agreement is reached with management, who wish to cut costs with efficiency savings, before 28th March. The strike looks like it would be around 1st April - more to follow !
http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2010/03/17/les-hotesses-et-stewards-d-air-france-agitent-la-menace-d-une-greve-dure_1320385_3234.html
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15/03/10
BA Strike to Go Ahead
BA is to go ahead with their strike on 20th, 21st and 22nd of March so check your travel plans if you plan to fly with BA to France or if you are flying BA on connecting flights. Flights from Scotland look like they are to be badly affected.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ba-plans-to-keep-60-of-passengers-flying-1921592.html
25/02/10
More Flight and Travel Misery
Four of the Pilot's Unions of Air France have voted to go ahead with their strike from 26th February to 1st March.
http://fr.reuters.com/article/topNews/idFRPAE61O0FP20100225
In addition, the strike by air traffic controllers continues today (Thursday 25th February) for the third consecutive day.
There was a cancellation of half the flights from Orly and 15% of flights from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle. Disruptions are expected across the territory, said a statement.
http://fr.reuters.com/article/topNews/idFRPAE61O02P20100225
There are also problems with strikes on Ferries from Marseilles to Corsica.
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23/02/10
Strike Hits Flights To and From Paris Airports
Flights have been cancelled at the two main Paris airports as French air traffic controllers begin a five-day strike. Half of the flights in and out of Orly airport and one in four from Charles de Gaulle have been cancelled.
Staff are protesting because of an agreement which was signed by six nations, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland, to modernise air traffic control that may lead to job losses.
The strike is taking place during a school holiday in France. It is said by analysts that Union leaders were hoping to put pressure on President Nicolas Sarkozy's government ahead of regional elections next month.
So if you are flying to France in the near future it may be a good idea to check your flight with your airline.
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Total Oil Workers Strike Continues
On the seventh day of their strike, The Total Oil Workers picketing the Dunkirk refinery voted on Monday afternoon to continue with their strike by having a 24hr strike for Today, Tuesday 23rd February. Already over 130 Total Service Stations are running short of fuel.
One of their demands has been met in that a meeting has been brought forward to March 8th from March 29th. However the strikers are also asking for a freeze in closures of refinery sites, in particular the Dunkirk site, for the next five years.
So if you are heading off to France in the next few days it might be a good idea to at least start off with a full tank of petrol ! Bon Voyage !
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Another Eurostar Train Breaks Down
More than 700 passengers have had to be rescued from a broken down Paris to London Eurostar train in Kent late on Sunday 21st Feb after it experienced what the company said was a "major technical problem". Passengers had to wait for a replacement train that arrived more than an hour later.
Eurostar apologised for the incident and said there would be a full investigation into what had caused the electrically powered train to stop. Eurostar would not confirm passengers' claim that lights in the carriages had failed and they were sitting in the dark for two hours or reports that the power car had become detached from the rest of the train. There were also reports that the air conditioning and toilets had failed.
Eurostar said there was not expected to be any disruption to services later and passengers should check in as normal.
The incident is the latest problem to hit Eurostar. Several trains broke down in December when heavy snowfall affected the trains.
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