10:58 AM EDT, 10/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to include Ryanair ( RYAOF ) CEO's comments in the third and fourth paragraphs.)

Ryanair ( RYAOF ) expects to cancel 600 flights per day next week due to a strike by French air traffic controllers, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing a company spokesperson.

As many as 1,800 Ryanair ( RYAOF ) flights may be scrapped from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9 during the strike, the report said, adding the airline has already cancelled 30 flights on Thursday due to a general strike in France.

A Ryanair ( RYAOF ) spokesperson, in reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires, pointed to an interview by Chief Executive Michael O'Leary with Sky News.

O'Leary told Sky News the strike next week is expected to cost Ryanair ( RYAOF ) about 20 million pounds ($26.8 million) and that 100,000 passengers may see their flights disrupted.

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