Ryanair’s petition to EU Commission approaching 400,000 signatures

Irish budget carrier Ryanair looks on track to get one million signatories to a petition aimed at persuading the European Commission to “keep skies open” during strikes by French air traffic controllers. Head of communications  Jade Kirwan said more than 390,000 people had signed the petition to ask the EU to push France to put laws in place to match those in Greece and Italy. Ryanair has demanded the commission intervene in the dispute, which has seen French ATC workers downing tools several times as part of wider French industrial action in early 2023. “Overflights are cancelled while French flights