Snow forces French flight cancellations

France’s civil aviation authority has called on airlines to cancel 30% of flights scheduled to leave Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport tomorrow morning due to forecasts of overnight snowstorms.

The DGAC civil aviation authority made its recommendation today after the country’s national meteorological service warned of snowfall in the Paris area.

Much of France was hit earlier this week by snowstorms, which caused delays at Paris airports.

Low temperatures were also blamed for breakdowns on Friday on the Eurostar train service between Britain and France that left thousands of passengers stranded for hours. Eurostar service was suspended today and is expected to remain disrupted for the coming days.