French strike grounds hundreds of flights
Quick ReadCancellations grow in French aviation strike; half of Air France long-distance flights hit
(AP) -- Hundreds of flights in France were cancelled on Tuesday, including 40 percent out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, as unions ratcheted up pressure on day two of a strike over labor rights.
Air France forecast that it could guarantee just 50 percent of long-distance flights Tuesday, after running 85 percent of them on Monday.
The airline, among the world's biggest, said in...
