Thousands of flights scrapped as French air traffic controllers strike

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Short and medium-haul flights were the worst affected, while long-haul services faced the least disruption.A total of some 2,300 flights arriving at or departing from French airports were forecast for Thursday, against 5,200 the day before, civil aviation authority DGAC told AFP.Across Europe, some 2,000 more flights were cancelled and another 1,000 forced to change routes to avoid French airspace, the Airlines for Europe trade body said.

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