Air Corsica pilots stay out as eight-day strike enters its final day

Air Corsica, the regional airline linking Corsica with mainland France, was flying only a trimmed-back timetable on October 15, 2026 as its pilots continued an eight-day strike that began on October 9 and is due to run until October 16. The dispute centres on pay and working conditions. Flights from Ajaccio, Bastia and Figari have been heavily reduced, hitting peak-season routes to Paris Orly, Marseille, Nice and Lyon; some Calvi-Nice services resumed on October 12 but capacity remains well below normal. Business groups on the island, which relies on air links for tourism, fresh produce and medical transport, warned of significant commercial losses, while thousands of passengers scrambled for ferry alternatives or rebookings on Air France and easyJet. The strike is part of a wider wave of French transport disruption in October: five pilot and cabin-crew unions have filed a national strike notice running October 17-21, and bus services in Lyon were also disrupted on October 15. The protests highlight renewed labour tensions as French carriers push cost cuts in a tightening European aviation market.