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Air France cancels dozens of Paris flights due to snow

Travelers in Paris faced yet more misery on Wednesday when national airline Air France announced it would have to cancel dozens of flights due to the impact of the snow. The winter weather had already caused chaos on roads and rail.

Published: 7 February 2018 16:23 CET
Air France cancels dozens of Paris flights due to snow
AFP

After the problems on the roads and the rails it was the turn of the skies above Paris to experience major travel disruption on Wednesday.

National carrier Air France announced on Wednesday afternoon that it would have to cancel dozens of flights due to the impact of the snow.

Around 15cm of snow fell overnight on Tuesday, causing widespread disruption to the roads around Paris and to train services in and out of the capital.

Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) to the North of Paris saw 13cm of snow hit the runways while Orly, the capital's other main airport woke up under a 15cm blanket of snow.

On Wednesday morning access to CDG airport via the RER B train service was suspended and travelling to the airport by road was also hazardous. That meant many Air France staff and others who work at the airport were simply unable to get to work.

That forced Air France to cancel dozens of flights.

Air France said on Wednesday it hoped to run some 90 percent of its long haul flights out of CDG but just 60 percent of its medium haul flights.

From Orly airport the airline said it could only operate 50 percent of its short haul flights.

“Given the weather conditions, passengers can also expect severe delays at both airports,” said Air France.

The company is urging passengers to change their flights to a later date if possible free of charge or seek a refund. 

Passengers are asked to visit www.airfrance.com

 

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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