On Tuesday morning, the flight schedule at Paris airports operated almost normally, even though it had snowed the day before.
Airlines will have to cancel part of the flights scheduled for Wednesday morning at Paris airports due to new snowfall, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot announced today.
The cancellations, necessary due to operations to remove snow from the runways and to de-ice the planes, will affect around 40% of flights scheduled between 09:00 and 14:00 (local time, 08:00 and 13:00 in Lisbon) I do not airport Paris-Charles-de-Gaullethe largest in France, and 25% between 06:00 and 13:00 (local time) in Orlythe second largest, specified the government official during a press conference, cited by AFP.
On Monday, the had asked the airlines to reduce the number of flights scheduled that night by 15% at the two airports in Paris due to the snow that is affecting the entire northwest of the country.
“We provide flight restriction numbers and airlines organize their schedules accordingly,” explained Chems Chkioua, director general of DGAC, during the minister’s press conference.
On Tuesday morning, the flight schedule at Paris airports operated almost normally, even though it had snowed the day before. “Tomorrow [quarta-feira]it will snow in the morning, during rush hours”, he explained.
