| European and
intercontinental flights disrupted by striking
air controllers |
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(Paris, France, December 6,
2001)… A strike by French
air traffic controllers is disrupting European and intercontinental
flights. The strike began at 3:00 p.m. on December
5 and is expected to run until 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday.
Today (Dec. 6), Air France will operate
15% of its domestic flights and medium-haul flights to Europe,
and 95% of its long-haul flights.
British European has announced the following
flights will operate normally on Thursday, December 6:
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AF3600
AF3013
AF3003
AF3000
AF3009
AF3010 |
All the other British European flights
are cancelled.
The strike was called to protest plans
to harmonize air traffic control across Europe.
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