Rabat – Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has announced that it will be canceling some flights scheduled for March 7-8 to and from Paris due to the French air traffic controller strike.
“Due to the strike notice on March 7th of the civil service, published by the unions of the French DGCA, we are forced to proceed with the cancellation of some flights that are scheduled the same day from and to Paris,” Royal Air Maroc announced today.
The canceled March 7 flights includes AT760, AT761, AT740, AT776, AT777, AT664, and AT665, while
March 8’s canceled flights include AT640, AT641, AT652, AT653, AT665, AT664, AT650, and AT651.
“Following the above cancellations, Royal Air Maroc supports its Customers by rebooking them on other flights: passengers with reachable contact details in the booking file will receive e-mails and text messages informing them about their updated flight,” added the statement.
The company invited customers seeking to reschedule their flights to check its website for alternative offers.
Customers who do not wish to travel through the alternative flights can receive refund of their ticket in its original form of payment or can change travel date without paying additional charges upon availability to and from the same destination or another destination of the Royal Air Maroc network in France, explained the statement.
“It should be noted that for any change of destination, the possible difference in taxes must be borne by the passenger,” the company concluded.
The decision to cancel the aforementioned flights came after French Air Traffic Controllers announced that they will strike from March 7-8.
Faced with the threat of general strike, France’s General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) requested airlines to reduce their schedules by 20% at the Charles de Gaulle Airport and 30% for Paris Orly.
Paris and other major French cities have over the past 2-3 weeks witnessed several demonstrations and strikes in condemnation of Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. Under the proposed reform, the French government wants to push up the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.
