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Many vacationers found themselves distraught on Friday July 4, when going on vacation. With the strike of air controllers, 40% of flights from Paris airports are canceled.
Vacation departures are disrupted on Friday July 4. At Paris-Orly airport, a family still hopes to fly to Portugal after a first night trip. “Everything is canceled, we are waiting and so far, we have no news”, says Soraya Lebon, traveler. “We let us manage on its own”regrets Laetitia Aspa, traveler, who had planned to go around Scotland with her grandson. The trip had been prepared for months.
In total, a thousand flights are canceled from France or on arrival, with 40% of cancellations from Paris airports. Airports in the south of France are also strongly affected, with 30% cancellations in Lyon (Rhône), Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) or Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud) and 50% in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). These disturbances are caused by a strike by air controllers. The strike notice runs until Friday, July 4 in the evening.
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