The companies that operate in the Parisian Orly airport They are going to have to cancel 70% of the flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday due to a strike by French air traffic controllers, despite the agreement reached with the main union of these professionals in April.

The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) initially reported the cuts on Saturday to airlines by issuing a Notification for Air Missions (NOTAM) and not with a usual statement.

The restrictions will apply throughout Orly’s opening hours, which is the second largest airport in the French capitalwith 32.3 million passengers in 2023.

These same restrictions were later extended for Sunday, as notified by the DGAC with a NOTAM and confirmed by airport sources. The National Union of Air Traffic Controllers (SNCTA), the majority in France, stated on its website that after having signed a social protocol at the end of April, at the end of a series of strikes, it is not calling for this new strike.

This agreement, the content of which was not made public by the parties, will mean in practice, according to elements leaked by the newspaper Les Echos, aincrease in effective working time of controllerswhich is officially 32 hours per week, but in practice is 25% lower on average.

In exchange for that and some other elements of work reorganization (reduction in the number of control centers and closure of some towers), the controllers their categories will increase in the ranks of the French public service, with a significant increase in their pensions, starting at age 59.

In addition, salaries will increase between 226 and 1,001 euros per month, depending on the categories and, if the premium revaluations and the decrease in contributions to own pension funds, the gradual increase in the next four years could be 1,500 euros per month, always according to the economic newspaper.