Air France cancels 50% of domestic/European flying owing to workers' strike

[BizJet]

Air France said Thursday that it canceled 50% of its domestic and European flights to/from Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly as many of the country's air traffic controllers joined in a nationwide workers' strike to protest the French government's plan to raise the pension-benefit retirement age from 60 to 62. The airline said it operated its entire long-haul schedule. Multiple reports from France indicated that about 50% scheduled air traffic in the country was disrupted Thursday.

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