Ryanair flights cancelled due to air traffic control strikes
4.7M Ryanair passengers delayed by French Air Traffic Control this year‼️
Full story on ATC 'League of Delays'👇https://t.co/v7kkUENwYb pic.twitter.com/eTv1SCaoOZ — Ryanair Press Team (@RyanairPress) July 2, 2025
Mr O'Leary said: 'Once again, European families are held to ransom by French air traffic controllers going on strike.
'It is not acceptable that overflights over French airspace en route to their destination are being cancelled/delayed as a result of yet another French ATC strike.
'It makes no sense and is abundantly unfair on EU passengers and families going on holidays.'
Ryanair has long-campaigned for an overhaul of ATC services across Europe.
It wants the EU to ensure ATC services are fully staffed for the first wave of daily departures, as well as to protect overflights during national ATC strikes.
'These two splendid reforms would eliminate 90% of all ATC delays and cancellations, and protect EU passengers from these repeated and avoidable ATC disruptions due to yet another French ATC strike,' Mr O'Leary added.
Ryanair also said on Wednesday it had been hit by the recent conflict in the Middle East, and it cancelled more than 800 flights last month.
It is among those to have cancelled and rerouted flights amid the conflict between Israel and Iran, as well as continued attacks in Gaza.
Last week, flights were halted at Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as passengers were told to expect further delays and cancellations.
Ryanair said it still operated more than 109,000 flights in June, indicating that fewer than 1% of flights were affected.
The Ireland-based business carried 19.9 million passengers in June, representing a 3% increase on the same month last year.
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