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Added on the 11/06/2013 17:00:09 - Copyright : AFP EN
The departures board says it all at Charles De Gaulle airport north of Paris: dozens of flights are cancelled as air traffic controllers strike in France over demands for higher wages. IMAGES
Hundreds of flights are cancelled at French airports despite the country's main air traffic controllers' union dropping a call for a one-day strike after making a deal for higher pay. IMAGES
It is early on Monday morning and commuters are again confronted with uncertainty as they attempt to get to and from work at Saint-Lazare station in Paris. It is the 12th consecutive day of a nationwide strike against pension reform. IMAGES
France's state-owned railway operator SNCF kicks off a fresh day of strikes, causing a number of delays and cancellations across the network, with two out of three high-speed TGV trains cancelled. IMAGES from Paris Saint-Lazare station
U.S. air traffic controllers are experiencing levels of fatigue that can lead them to make dangerous mistakes, according to a study conducted for the Federal Aviation Administration by NASA.
Footage of French air force rehearsals for July 14, aboard an A400M flying over Beauce. IMAGES