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Ryanair, the airline of choice in Europe today (October 27) has appealed once again the EU to withdraw the "right to strike" for essential services such as ATC service, after being forced to cancel 200 more flights due to a new French air traffic controllers' strike that tomorrow (October 28) will close its air space.
In 2010, Ryanair was forced to cancel 2,000 flights and other flights delayed more than 12,000, thereby upsetting the travel plans of more than 2.5 million passengers, as a direct result of strikes by air traffic controllers Belgian, French and English. In April and May, 1.5 million Ryanair passengers were forced to disrupt their flight plans because of the volcanic cloud and the unnecessary closure of airspace called for by European governments.

Ryanair has appealed to the European Commission to reform the ATC services as follows:

1. Delete the "right to strike for essential transport services, such as the ATC.

2. Fired air traffic controllers involved in these illegal strikes (in the same way that Ronald Reagan fired and replaced U.S. flight controllers went on strike in the Eighties).

3. Deregulate domestic services ATC 's Europe to enable air traffic controllers are not members of the strikes to keep the heavens opened in Belgium, France and Spain, while the overpaid and unproductive air traffic controllers on strike again and again.

4. Reforming the rules for the EU261 passenger rights, in order to exempt airlines from the requirements of the "right care" in cases of force majeure, which are clearly outside the control of airlines.

Ryanair's Stephen McNamara said: "European governments have failed to maintain open skies of Europe in April and May following the eruption of a volcano thousands of miles away from Europe and now once again can not keep Europe's skies opened and the passengers and the airlines are once again forced to face more hardships because of the strikes. There

again appeal to the European Union to end the "right to strike" for air traffic controllers, as well as with other services considered as essential as police and the fire brigade. Flight controllers on strike do not care about consumers, do not care about passengers, repeatedly strike because they know they can close the heavens and European governments and hold hostage the passengers.

The European Commission must act now to end this chaos caused by air traffic controllers. "