Cancellations as Air France strike enters fourth day
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A strike by Air France flight attendants left frustrated passengers facing delays and cancellations for a fourth day Sunday, with long-haul flights among the hardest hit.
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French civil servants and teachers are the latest to go on strike, as protests against public sector job cuts continue.
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Spain&#39;s second biggest airline Spanair said it had cancelled 25 out of its scheduled 373 flights on Sunday due to a strike by cabin crew.
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Paris' subways slowed to a halt and rail lines were disrupted Thursday during a massive strike in France that was expected to give President Nicolas Sarkozy his first real test after five months in office.Unions are protesting Sarkozy's plan to trim special retirement packages for some workers, part of his pledges to cut back on costly public services. The strikes began late Wednesday and were to last through Thursday.The first mass-scale problems for travelers and commuters were expected at Thursday morning rush hour. Paris transport authority RATP said traffic would be 'virtually nil' on most of its lines. The national rail network said it would be 'nearly paralyzed.' Read more
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Workers who refuel planes at Heathrow airport today began a 48-hour strike after rejecting a two-year pay offer. Around 40 members of the Transport and General Workers Union walked out in the early hours of this morning after turning down the deal.
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A strike by Air France cabin staff is set to disrupt the airline's flights in Europe from Thursday to Monday, it warned.
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British Airways cancelled four more flights due to what it called lingering problems from a staff shortage at London's Heathrow Airport which delayed thousands of travellers earlier in the week.
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A strike by baggage handlers and maintenance workers at Gatwick airport failed to disrupt flights yesterday. The workers mounted picket lines outside Gatwick as they launched a 24-hour
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A general strike in Nigeria which has  raised fears over oil supplies was set to enter a fourth day  after a court rebuffed a government request to declare it  illegal on Wednesday.
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A strike by cabin crew staff at Scandinavian Airlines leads to the cancellation of about 300 flights across Europe.
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No. 2 European airline hopes resumed talks with unions over pay dispute will prevent a walkout. LONDON  - British Airways Plc resumed talks with unions Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to stave off a planned 24-hour strike that threatens to disrupt ...
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Acropolis guards on Wednesday called off a four-day strike after tour operators warned that repeated closures of Greece's iconic tourist destination were damaging the country's travel industry.
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BERLIN/PARIS (from news wires) - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France faced setbacks on two starkly different domestic fronts Thursday: a wave of strikes that swept through France and an official announcement that his 11-year marriage had come to an end. The 24-hour strike halted most trains, subways and buses around the country, which led to the cancellation of and classes at some schools and theatrical performances. Only 46 of the country's 700 high-speed trains were running. Many museums were closed. Workers at the state-owned electric and gas utility companies joined the walkout, leading to a reduction in electricity output. Meanwhile, all across Germany, commuters faced major disruptions for the second time in a week as train drivers began a new strike early on Thursday to support pay demands.
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BRITISH Airways workers called off a planned strike early today after unions accepted a pay offer, averting travel chaos during Britain&#39;s last long summer weekend.
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British Airways says flight cancellations triggered by August's terror alert cost it Â£40m.
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Scandinavian Airlines System cancelled most of its flights to, from and within Sweden on Tuesday for the fifth straight day after talks to end a cabin crew strike failed again to reach a conclusion.
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Passengers at Heathrow airport face further disruption, with 12 flights so far cancelled