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In Paris, some 300 flights from Charles de Gaulle airport - a quarter of the day's total - were cancelled, along with a similar proportion from Paris Orly.
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The EU study says says the problem of limited capacity is likely to worsen because many busy airports, including London Heathrow and Paris Orly, do not plan to expand.
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Flying at subsonic speed, the needle-nosed jet flew without passengers on Saturday from a military air base in Istres, near Marseille, and landed at Paris' Orly Airport.
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EasyJet would like, for instance, to fly from Paris's Orly airport, where some slots may become available soon.
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Air France, meanwhile, recently began a pilot program with travel-technology group Amadeus for frequent flyers between Nice and Paris's Orly airport that could potentially save passengers crucial time.
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The latest victim of the heatwave was a 90-year-old woman found dead in Orly, near Paris.
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The premium-class daily service follows the first OpenSkies service which started between Orly airport in Paris and New York last month.
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Around 40 percent of flights were cancelled at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports on just one day in January this year.
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Paris's two main airports - Charles de Gaulle and Orly - are also operating at reduced capacity.
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