Réunion airport strike, 5–6 November: flights and your rights

The reproduced raw NOTAM cites industrial action affecting French civil aviation, sets the hourly instrument-flight limit and warns that flights to or from Roland Garros may be delayed. This is a capacity measure, not a statement that every service is cancelled.

The notice’s overall date span and its actual operating windows are different. We reproduce the listed windows above rather than presenting a continuous 24-hour restriction. Other notices or airline changes may also apply; passengers should use the airline’s current instructions.

The official airport arrivals board read for 5 November shows UU109 as cancelled and also lists other arrivals from Mauritius as completed. That is a dated view of particular flights, not proof that all services on the route are cancelled.

Flight-board entries can change, and different views may include arrivals, departures or different dates. Check the flight number, direction, date and current airline message. We do not publish an audited total of cancelled Mauritius services from these snapshots.

The capacity notice and a cancellation appearing on a board do not establish causation. Ask the operating airline why your own flight was changed.

EU passenger-rights guidance expressly includes Réunion within its territorial scope. A flight departing Réunion for Mauritius can therefore fall within EU261 regardless of whether the operating carrier is based in the EU.

For Mauritius–Réunion, the flight starts outside the EU. Coverage generally requires an EU operating carrier and the other applicable conditions. The two directions should not automatically be treated alike; check the operating airline and the full booking.

For a cancellation covered by EU261, ask about reimbursement or re-routing under the applicable conditions before making your choice. Keep any revised itinerary and details of a missed connection.

Necessary care may remain available during qualifying waits even if fixed compensation is excluded. Ask for assistance first and keep reasonable necessary expense receipts if appropriate help is not provided. Read more about cancelled flights and delayed flights.

No automatic conclusion follows from the notice alone. An external air traffic control strike may be extraordinary, but the airline must show the link to the actual disruption and that reasonable measures could not have avoided it.

The notice does not settle the cause of a specific cancelled flight. Notice timing, offered alternatives, operating carrier and the actual outcome of the journey also matter. Keep the airline’s explanation alongside your booking records.