Only one flight – operated by the Latvian airline airBaltic between Vilnius and Paris scheduled for Friday – has been cancelled in Lithuania so far amid air traffic controllers’ strike in France, Lithuanian Airports (or LTOU), the airport operator in Lithuania, said on Thursday.
“Only one flight has been cancelled so far – a flight [by airBaltic] scheduled for tomorrow,” LTOU spokesman Tadas Vasiliauskas told BNS.
“All other flights [between Lithuania and France] today and tomorrow should take place as scheduled, according to the information we have at this time,” he added.
Vasiliauskas was unable to confirm whether the flight had been cancelled due to the strike in France and suggested contacting airBaltic.
Latvia’s airBaltic and Ryanair operate flights between the capitals of France and Lithuania.
French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike on Thursday to demand better working conditions, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of people at the start of a summer holiday season.
The strike affected air traffic across Western Europe.
Ireland’s budget carrier Ryanair said on Thursday it was forced to cancel 170 flights, affecting 30,000 passengers.
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