Around 1,000 flights to and from France have been cancelled as the country's air traffic controllers went on strike, causing delays across European airspace
One-third of existing air traffic controllers are expected to retire between 2029 and 2035, and training new ones takes at least five years.
But several regional airports were closed and the DGAC warned of "cancellations and significant delays across the country". But Christina Sharikadze, waiting at the Air France ticket desk, said "we didn't get any message, nothing at all... we're trying to figure something out" to replace a cancelled flight home to Georgia.Hundreds of flights cancelled
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