Paris will be a no-fly zone to safeguard its ambitious Olympics opening ceremony

Gendarmes in front of the Charles de Gaulle airport (Thibault Camus/AP)

Skies over the Paris region will be closed for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Paris airports operator said on Wednesday.

Augustin de Romanet, chairman of Aeroports de Paris, said airlines are being warned in advance about the closure and told they will have to fly around the restricted airspace.