A current strike by French air traffic controllers and some ground staff is already having a “significant” impact on flights operating through French air space.
“Long delays are to be expected,” the airline stated on Monday, adding that passengers might also be hit by isolated cancellations.
“Our employees have been working intensively for the last few days to keep our flight schedule as stable as possible,” said SWISS Head of Operations Oliver Buchhofer.
“Our top priority is to avoid cancellations, and we also want to operate our flights as punctually as possible, which unfortunately will not always be possible.”
Buchhofer added that the current spate of strike action is unprecedented. Last weekend, 23 flights were cancelled due to industrial action in Italy.
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Over half a million people attended Eurovision shows or events in Basel
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Gonten in canton Appenzell Inner Rhodes recorded the highest number of lightning strikes per square kilometre in Switzerland last year.
Swiss centre records almost 300 victims of human trafficking
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Swiss mountain village threatened by serious landslide risk
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The situation in the mountain village of Blatten, canton Valais, remains serious due to the threat of a landslide, Swiss officials said on Sunday afternoon.
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Air transport strikes in Germany leads to cancelled flights
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SWISS is cancelling a number of flights between Switzerland and some German cities. Road and rail traffic is said to also be affected.
SWISS cancels flights to Greece amid nationwide strike
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Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has cancelled seven flights on Thursday between Switzerland and Greece due to a nationwide strike.
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Pilots from Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings have started a three-day strike. As a result, most Eurowings flights to and from Zurich are cancelled.
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