The galley on the tarmac. Several French airports, including Charles-de-Gaulle and Orly near Paris, will be affected this weekend by new strikes for wages, with cancellations and possible delays at the key to a week of summer school holidays.
These social movements, against a backdrop of high inflation and a clear recovery in traffic after the Covid-19 pandemic, will result in the cancellation of some 17% of flights departing from or arriving at Paris-Charles-de- Gaulle between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
Road access to Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport was “severely disrupted” on Friday morning, announced Paris Aéroport on Twitter, by a demonstration of striking agents in front of terminals A and C. Paris Aéroport advises travelers to come or leave Charles-de-Gaulle with the RER C or the CDGVal shuttle. From 800 to 1,000 striking agents are expected in the procession.
The preventive cancellations, which will represent 10% of aircraft movements at CDG throughout the day, have been demanded by the administration as a safety measure because the firefighters have been on strike since Thursday, June 30, forcing a part to be closed. runways of the first French airport.
These latter “claim a technical bonus and a revaluation of the grid” of wages, seen “difficulties in recruiting at the start of the grid”the salaries being lower than those offered in the departmental fire and rescue services, explains Daniel Bertone, general secretary of the CGT of Groupe ADP, the manager of Paris airports.
Also, Friday and all weekendthe employees of the Parisian airport platforms are called upon to join a strike “multisectoral”, including Groupe ADP and its subcontractors, at the call of an inter-union, in the extension of that of June 9. The notice runs until Sunday inclusive.
This social movement, with rallies planned in front of terminals 2E at Roissy and 4 at Orly on Friday, risks slowing the flow of passengers, approaching the facilities as well as at the filter inspection posts. Baggage sorting could also be affected.
ADP employees are demanding a 6% wage increase, retroactive to January 1, while management is offering 3% on July 1, according to the unions. The ADP group invited, as on Thursday, passengers to arrive in advance at its facilities, namely “three hours [avant le décollage prévu] for an international flight, two hours for a domestic or European flight”.