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French air traffic controllers cause 'third of delays over Europe'

Report by French senate says strikes cost airlines €300 million a year and force some planes to skirt the country to shorten flight times.

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France’s strike-prone and ill-equipped air traffic controllers are responsible for a third of all delays in the skies over Europe, a senate report concluded yesterday, reports The Telegraph.

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