London (EFE).- Some 160,000 passengers of the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair were affected in June after the company was forced to cancel more than 900 flights due to strikes by French air traffic controllers, the company reported on Tuesday. .
These controllers organized a series of measures of force that had an impact on air traffic in Europe, but the airline was one of the most affected.
Dublin-based Ryanair said it operated more than 96,250 flights in June, but “unfortunately” more than 900 were cancelled, “due to ATC (air traffic control) strikes.”
The latest strikes were in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64.
Under French law, domestic flights can operate during the strike, but international flights are prohibited from flying over France while air traffic controllers are on strike.
Ryanair also reported that it carried 17.4 million passengers in June, 9% more than the previous year.