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Added on the 08/05/2020 14:50:00 - Copyright : France 24 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
Passengers undergo temperature checks at the departure hall for domestic flights at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh following a sanitary protocol amid the coronavirus pandemic after Saudi lifted a domestic travel ban. IMAGES 1st IMAGES
People line up at New Delhi airport as domestic flights re-commence after a two month long shutdown implemented to contain the spread of the coronavirus. 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
Travelers wait at the Mexico City International Airport, where 22 flights were canceled due to an ash cloud from the Popocatepetl volcano. Authorities have warned ash is likely to fall in the states of Morelos, Puebla and Mexico, as well as in Mexico City, which lies some 55 miles (90 kilometers) from the volcano. IMAGES
Frankfurt airport, Germany's largest, has cancelled more than half of its 1,047 flights planned for today as a result of severe winter weather warnings predicting heavy snow fall and freezing rain. Low pressure system Gertrud bearing down on southwestern and central Germany promises up to 40 centimetres (16 inches) of snow and treacherously icy road conditions, particularly in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. IMAGES