Air Corsica curtails flight schedules amid unprecedented pilot strike
Members of the SNPL and SPAC unions continue industrial action into Monday, prompting Air Corsica to maintain an adapted network from regional hubs.
Flight operations at Air Corsica remain heavily disrupted following ongoing industrial action initiated on Friday by flight crew personnel. Represented jointly by the SNPL and SPAC unions, which encompass 140 pilots across the regional carrier, crews staged the airline's first cockpit strike in its operational history.
The stoppage resulted in widespread cancellations on Sunday 11 October and is expected to affect operations through Monday 12 October. Air Corsica published a restricted flight schedule covering both operational days. Limited departures were maintained on Sunday out of Ajaccio, Bastia, and Figari. On Monday, the airline plans to resume services from Calvi with an initial flight departing at 08:00 towards Nice.
Management indicated that supplementary operational measures have been deployed to preserve as many sectors as possible, while formal talks aimed at resolving the labor dispute were scheduled over the weekend.
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