Hundreds of flights to and from France were cancelled Wednesday as air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike over working conditions and the situation was due to worsen on Thursday.
The civil aviation authority had asked airlines to scrap around 40 percent of flights, warning of “disruption across the whole country”, and it called on companies to increase cancellations to about 50 percent on Thursday.
Flag carrier Air France warned of “very severe disruption” to its flight schedule. Although it pledged to operate “almost all” long-haul flights, medium and short-haul services would be badly affected, it said.
“Last-minute delays and cancellations can also …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
