2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1075+ words) A French woman who sued Air France after her luggage - containing a childhood soft toy of deep sentimental value - was lost on a transatlantic flight has been ordered by a court to pay "6,000 in legal costs, in a ruling that…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (878+ words) Pets fall under the same compensation rules as baggage when checked in for transport on aeroplane holds, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. The judgement came in a case where a pet dog, which was too…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1255+ words) France has regained its unenviable title of being the European country with the most delayed flights, after millions of passengers were impacted over summer." French air traffic controllers were responsible for 31% of all air traffic control-based delays in Europe across…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (729+ words) Ryanair's 2026 summer schedule is being released on its website, but UK routes to French airports such as B'ziers and Brive remain absent after they were axed for the winter 2025 season. Several other changes are also in place amid a wider…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (705+ words) Several popular UK-France flights look to be among those axed by low-cost carrier Ryanair this winter as part of a reduction in service to / from France, with B'ziers airport in particular impacted. Following a recent article about Ryanair pulling its…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (899+ words) Air passengers in France who face disruption to journeys may soon find it harder to obtain a refund or compensation, as the government sets out new rules on claims." At present passengers can take their case to court free of…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (596+ words) A legal inquiry has been opened after an air traffic controller in Corsica fell asleep, causing an aeroplane to circle the airport for 18 minutes. The incident happened on Monday (September 15) in the control tower of Ajaccio's Napol'on-Bonaparte airport." The Air…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (546+ words) I urge fellow readers to write to Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, and ask him not to abandon French regional airports over the new solidarity tax on airline tickets (TBSS). Other low-cost airlines in France are applying the tax without…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (727+ words) France's main air traffic controllers' union has suspended a strike originally planned for September 1819, but will instead hold a three-day stoppage in early October. The Syndicat national des contr'leurs du trafic a'rien (SNCTA), which represents around 70% of controllers, had filed…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1128+ words) A nationwide strike on September 18, backed by France's eight major unions, is expected to intensify the country's ongoing political turmoil. In a month already full of strikes and social unrest, the one-day strike is likely to see hundreds of thousands…...