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Paris airport ordered to reduce flights due to air traffic control issues

Paris Orly will be reducing flights by about 40 per cent
Paris Orly will be reducing flights by about 40 per cent (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
  • France's civil aviation authority (DGAC) has asked airlines to cut flights by 40 per cent at Paris-Orly airport due to a breakdown in air traffic control systems.
  • The DGAC stated that the significant reduction in flights was a necessary "regulation" but did not specify the cause of the breakdown.
  • Teams from DGAC are working to restore normal operations as quickly as possible.
  • Flights to various destinations including Spain, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland, and several French cities were cancelled or delayed on Sunday.
  • Paris-Orly airport served over 33 million passengers last year, which is about half the number served by Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle.
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