French air traffic controllers are planning a one-day strike on July 21, to protest plans to create a unified system for controlling flights in Europe.
Unions fear the plan would lead to the dismantling of France's DGAC civil aviation authority.
Previous strike action concerning the same issue in January and February disrupted flights at Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports.
Negotiations are set for early next week in the row, but a breakthrough is thought unlikely.
France was one of six European states, including Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland which signed a deal two years ago for a single central European airspace bloc.
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