Air France Strike Hits 140 Paris Hub Flights

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Air France had to scrap 139 long- and medium-haul flights Friday at its Charles de Gaulle-Roissy Paris hub on the third day of a strike by flight crew, airport sources said.

The week-long stoppage began Tuesday and Friday saw Paris’ other main airport Orly cancel 20 percent of the carrier’s flights with further medium-haul cancellations likely later in the day, the sources added.

Roissy was maintaining more than nine out of ten long-haul and three quarters of medium-haul flights.

Management said in a statement the carrier would maintain 80 percent of Saturday flights -- the same figure forecast across Friday.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team