Travel Unions Dig In as Paris Airport, EasyJet Staff Strike
- French regulator grounds 17% of flights at Charles de Gaulle
- EasyJet’s Spanish workers strike as Ryanair action continues
French police officers patrol a terminal building at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France.
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The chaos that has plagued European travel for weeks is coalescing in France as staff at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport strike for the second day in a row Friday and a country-wide rail walkout looms.
France’s aviation authority ordered the scrapping of 17% of flights between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. after pay talks between unions and airport operator Aeroports de Paris failed to reach a wage deal. Air France, the hub’s biggest carrier, canceled 64 flights, affecting about 10% of short and medium-haul services.