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Flights in Paris affected due to civil servants strike

 
PARIS: The French civilian aviation regulator ​asked for ​the cancellation of a series of flights at Paris' main airport and Marseille airport on Tuesday ⁠because of a general civil ⁠servants strike.
* DGAC, as the regulator is known, ordered ‌airlines to cancel 5% ​of their ⁠flights between 07.00 ​local time (0500 GMT) and ‌20.00 local time at Paris ​Charles de Gaulle airport and 25% of their flights at Marseille airport between 16.00 local time and ‌00.00 local time.
* Charles ​de Gaulle airport is ​operated ‌by ⁠Aeroports de Paris and is one of Air France-KLM's ​main hubs.
* Traffic may ⁠be disturbed ​at regional airports of Nantes, Strasbourg, Limoges, Lourdes and Pau, it added.
* Traffic ​will be normal ​at the other airports in the country.