A number of flights arriving to and departing from Dublin Airport will be cancelled tomorrow due to the latest French air traffic control strike.
So far, the airport is listing 15 flights to or from France that are cancelled tomorrow, nine are departures from Dublin, six are arrivals.
Some flights to or from France are expected to go ahead as scheduled tomorrow morning.
The air traffic controllers strike in France will come into effect in the afternoon
Aer Lingus and Ryanair are in communication directly with affected customers and anyone planning to fly to or from France in the coming days is advised to check with their airline.
Yesterday, Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said his airline will cancel 220 flights across Europe.
While a Ryanair spokesperson was unable to give an exact list of flights affected, air sector sources told RTÉ News it will include between 25 and 35 flights arriving to and departing from Dublin Airport.
However, as of this morning, the same air sector sources said the "fluid" situation means the figure currently stands at five arriving and five departing flights.
Aer Lingus said that all impacted customers have received a communication via SMS or email to advise them of their travel options.
"While the rest of our schedule will operate as planned customers travelling to other European destinations tomorrow may experience some delays as a result", Aer Lingus said in a statement.
A spokesperson for Dublin Airport operator daa said; "Passengers should contact their airline for updates on any flights they plan to cancel as a result of the French air traffic controllers strike on Monday."
Further cancellations are also expected at Cork and Belfast airports.
O'Leary says France strike 'unreasonable' in affecting airspace
Yesterday, Michael O'Leary said the Europe-wide situation will affect a total of 40,000 passengers across the continent, and blamed both French officials and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the disruption.
He said while he accepts the right of French workers to take strike action, he believes it is unreasonable for the issue to affect flights which are travelling through French airspace but are not landing in France.
"France is using minimum service legislation to protect its local French flights.
"But all the cancellations are then being disproportionately being passed on to English flights, Irish flights, Italian flights, Spanish flights, German flights. This is unfair," Mr O'Leary said.
"When there are air traffic control strikes in Italy, they protect overflights [the technical term for flights travelling through a country's air space without landing in that country].
"In Greece they protect overflights.
"France must be required by the EU commission to protect overflights.
"It is unfair that flights from the UK to Spain or from Italy to Portugal are being cancelled simply because a bunch of French air traffic control units want to go on strike.
"We respect their right to strike, but if they want to strike cancel the French flights, protect the overflights," Mr O'Leary said.
The planned French air traffic control strike action on Bank Holiday Monday will be the 51st day of strike action in recent months.
French workers have been holding regular strikes since early spring in protest at plans by French president Emmanuel Macron to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64.
Those travelling on flights which are travelling over French air space tomorrow have been asked to contact their airline for latest information.
