Paris airport traffic to return to normal on labour strike halt

Traffic at Paris’s main airport is expected to return to normal on Sunday after some workers called a halt to a strike there, even as travel disruptions appear set to continue across Europe.

After as many as a fifth of flights were cancelled for parts of Friday and Saturday, Aeroports de Paris, which operates Charles de Gaulle airport, doesn’t expect any impact on traffic on Sunday, a spokesman said. Air France is planning to maintain its flight schedule out of the Paris airport on Sunday.

The strikes and cancellations turned Paris into the latest choke-point for Europe’s snarled travel networks this spring and summer.


Hubs in cities, including London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt, have scrapped thousands of flights amid labour shortages and disputes over pay. Two of Charles de Gaulle’s four runways were shut for parts of Friday and Saturday, when staff including firefighters were on strike. All of the runways are expected to operate as usual on Sunday, the civil aviation authority said.