Paris, Tuesday, 2 September 2025.
A 24‑hour French air traffic control strike scheduled for Thursday–Friday later this month, combined with recent operational cancellations by Air France, poses a concentrated risk to inbound arrivals for Paris‑area theme parks and multi‑day resorts. The most striking fact: a July action nearly wiped out 3,000 flights, signalling the scale of disruption possible this time. Expect compressed arrival windows, luggage handling shortfalls, cascading missed connections and lower per‑capita spend as guests arrive late or cancel. For retail and guest‑experience teams this translates into higher booking churn, more demand for flexible refunds and rebooking, stretched front‑of‑house staffing needs during peak days and amplified queue and recovery pressure. Priority actions for operators: accelerate flexible booking/refund policies, pre‑position contingency staffing, tighten OTA and wholesale communications, and run scenario‑based revenue‑at‑risk models for the fortnight around the strike. These steps reduce financial and reputational exposure while acknowledging a structural vulnerability of park‑dependent tourism to transport labour shocks.