Air France Pilot Strike Leaves Thousands Stranded

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Air France pilot strike causes major disruption
Nov 14 02:19 PM US/Eastern

Air France passengers around the world suffered cancellations and long delays Friday as pilots began a costly four-day strike to protest new rules that will make them work until the age of 65.

The airline said it had cancelled two fifths of its long-haul flights and half of its medium-haul flights on Friday, while unions warned that even more flights might be called off over the weekend.

"Air France is maintaining 50 percent of its activity by calling on pilots who are not striking, but that cannot last because the 'stock' of non-strikers will run out," said Geoffroy Bouvet, spokesman for the SNPL main pilot union. [Full Article]

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Looks like two of AF's five scheduled CDG-JFK runs were cancelled today, along with several flights within Europe that connect to codeshare partners to JFK, i.e. CDG-LYS.