Wednesday 12 June 2013

INQUIRER.net: France gripped by travel chaos as rail, air strikes bite

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos
France gripped by travel chaos as rail, air strikes bite
Jun 13th 2013, 00:37

PARIS—France braced for another day of travel chaos on Thursday as striking workers bring the nation's rail network to its knees after an air traffic controllers' strike that grounded thousands of flights.   The nationwide rail strike got under way on Wednesday evening and was expected to result in less than half of normal services operating until Friday morning.   The stoppage follows two days of disruption in the skies caused by air controllers protesting over plans to create a single European airspace.   Up to three-quarters of flights from Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports, the two Paris hubs, were canceled on Thursday, and Nice, the main airp...

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