# Strike action by French air traffic controllers today has led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights, leaving tens of thousands of passengers in the lurch at the start of the summer season. France’s civil aviation authority said airlines needed to revise their schedules, including at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport — one of Europe’s busiest travel hubs. AFP news agency reported that Europe’s largest airline, Ryanair, said that it had been forced to cancel 170 flights over Thursday and Friday, impacting over 30-thousand passengers.
French air traffic controller strike strands thousands of passengers