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French Air-Control Strike Prompts Scrapping of 1,600 Flights
2015-04-09 02:21:22| Airlines - Topix.net
Airlines have been told that they should tomorrow scrap as many as 50 percent of the 4,000 services that begin or end in France during a normal day, up from 40 percent Wednesday, according to the country's DGAC civil aviation authority. The French unit of Air France-KLM Group halted two-thirds of flights at its Paris Orly short-haul hub today, allowing it to maintain most of its lucrative long-haul operations.
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