General Directorate of Civil Aviation France (DGAC) warned today of widespread violations in airports countries on Wednesday, March 15, due to about a planned nationwide strike to protest the French government’s plan to raise the retirement age.

The DGAC added in a statement that it has asked airlines to cut 20% of their flights scheduled for March 15 from Paris Orly Airport.

Flights to her airport Marseilles (in the south) and Basel-Milhouse (in eastern France) are facing long delays today as air traffic controllers mobilize against pension reform, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) said.

Unlike the previous six days, when air traffic controllers’ unions called for a strike, the DGAC today did not call for a preemptive reduction in scheduled flights in France.

However, due to the suspension of inspectors, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation today ordered the presence of “security personnel” at Marseille-Provence airport and its surrounding airspace, which “caused significant delays at the airport,” the DGAC explained. representative.

There were also air traffic problems around Basel-Milhouse Airport today, with “significant delays”, according to the European aviation safety agency Eurocontrol.

From last Tuesday to last Friday, the DGAC has been asking airlines to reduce the number of flights departing from French airports by 20-30% and then 20% on weekends at a small number of airports.

French trade unions have already staged seven days of demonstrations against the government’s push for pension reform, which basically raises the retirement age from 62 to 64.

Source: APE-MPE-AFP-Reuters