It’s getting riskier to embark on a vacation in Europe this summer, with the aviation industry bracing for the possibility of widespread strikes during the peak travel season. Industrial action has already come to airports in France, the UK and Switzerland and affected the likes of Ryanair Holdings Plc, Air France-KLM and Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Now staff at Europe’s air route coordination body may walk off the job, too. Thousands of flights could be delayed or outright canceled as a result.
The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, or Eurocontrol, said a union representing workers at its network manager operations center was threatening to hold strikes over a period of as long as six months. It didn’t say when the action might begin. Eurocontrol said it was in a dialog with Union Syndicale Bruxelles to try to reach a settlement and expects to make a statement on Monday.