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Podcast: Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
Episode: July 16th - Ryanair: cheesed off about air-traffic control
Description: Europe’s biggest budget airline cancelled hundreds of flights earlier this month due to a strike by French air-traffic controllers. Most of those were so-called "overflights" that weren't landing or taking off in France. As Ryanair's communications director, Jade Kirwan, has been telling me, the airline is demanding that flights using a country's airspace simply to reach the final destination should be protected in the event of a strike. Also, what about increasing the free cabin baggage limit?This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up he...