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France - ATC strike 21 - 23 March 2018, MAD/BCN also affected

There is a series of transport related strikes on the card for the next few weeks, with French ATC due to strike from 18:00 hrs GMT Wednesday 21 March to Friday 23 March 05:00 hrs.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-a8264016.html

So there are customer guidelines for BA passengers with BA tickets, for all of France, plus Barcelona and Madrid, allowing rebooking of travel scheduled for 21 and 22 March to dates from 20 March to 27 March, so long as the rebooked date is not the 22 March. My experience is that flights from places like BIO and LIS will simply go a long way around Brittany, but that may well lead to delays. BCN and MAD may do the same but the extra distance is quite substantial.

Advice for British Airways-125 ticketed customers whose BA flight is still OPERATING
Rebook onto British Airways

Airports affected
To or from:-

· France - any BA destination

· MAD (Madrid)

· BCN (Barcelona)

Tickets issued by
20 March 2018
Ticket travel dates
21 - 22 March 2018
New travel dates
20 - 21 March 2018

OR

23 – 27 March 2018

Rebooking Allowance
Rebook into the same class as the original flight or lowest available in the same cabin
Origin/Destination/Stopover changes
No
Refunds Allowed
No
Redemptions included
Yes
Available for Trade
Yes
Important Info
one involuntary ticket change allowed
Includes connecting services on BA/JB/BA* if issued on the same ticket. Connections on other carriers need to be booked into the same class as original (or class allowed in the fare rules)
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