Ryanair is calling, successful a beardown tone, connected the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently betterment the European aerial postulation power (ATC) strategy successful bid to support overflights during the upcoming onslaught of Slovenian aerial postulation controllers, connected October 6-7.
As a effect of the strike, the Slovenian aerial postulation power work volition trim its capableness by 50%, starring to delays and formation cancellations that volition impact thousands of passengers.
The occupation chiefly concerns overflights successful Slovenian airspace, specified arsenic flights from Warsaw to Rome oregon from Athens to Frankfurt.
Ryanair points retired that Slovenian authorities does not support overflights during nationalist strikes, dissimilar countries specified arsenic Italy, Spain and Greece.
As Ryanair’s Communications Director Jade Kirwan points out, it is wholly unacceptable that passengers are forced to endure delays owed to a onslaught that does not interest them.
The hose calls connected the EU President to instrumentality 2 cardinal reforms: afloat staffing nationalist ATCs for the archetypal question of flights of the time with fines imposed successful lawsuit of non-compliance, and protecting overflights during nationalist strikes, ensuring the functioning of the Single Market.
Ryanair is urging passengers to sojourn the website “Air Traffic Control Ruined Your Flight” and telephone connected the EU President to instrumentality contiguous action, stressing that inaction “puts passengers and the reliability of European airspace astatine risk”.