# Air France cancels 55% of short, medium-haul flights Sept. 16 due to strike
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
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Published: 2022-09-14
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Meta Title: French air traffic controllers' strike to disrupt Air
Meta Description: French air traffic controllers strike causing 45% short/medium-haul, 90% long-haul flights disruption on Sept. 16. Details from Reuters.
URL: https://financedigest.com/air-france-cancels-55-of-short-medium-haul-flights-sept-16-due-to-strikehtml

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PARIS (Reuters) – A strike by French air traffic controllers will cause Air France to operate only 45% of its short and medium-haul flights on Friday, Sept. 16, the airline said on Wednesday.

Air France also plans to operate 90% of its long-haul flights that day, the statement said.

France’s DGAC aviation authority said on Tuesday it had asked [airlines to halve their flight](https://www.financedigest.com/asias-airlines-ramp-up-flights-offers-as-tough-covid-travel-curbs-ease.html "Asia’s airlines ramp up flights, offers as tough COVID travel curbs ease") schedules on Sept. 16, due to a planned strike by [air traffic](https://www.financedigest.com/air-traffic-control-equipment-market-growth-restrains-and-opportunities-2021-2028.html "Air Traffic Control Equipment Market Growth, Restrains And Opportunities 2021-2028") controllers.

Strikes across the aviation industry, including ground and cabin personnel seeking to have their salaries adjusted to increased [living costs](https://www.financedigest.com/five-cost-of-living-trends-expected-in-2023.html "Five cost of living trends expected in 2023") amid high inflation, caused severe disruptions to Europe’s summer traffic.

(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)


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