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Radio 4 You and Yours had an interesting piece about the Cross Channel Ferry market between the UK and France. Over-capacity on the Dover-Calais route, two new ferries from P&O etc were some of the topics discussed. To listen, click on this link and listen to the start of the programme as its one of the first items on the programme : http://beta.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00tfqvq/You_and_Yours_27_08_2010
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Friday, 27 August 2010
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
More Strikes !
Strikes by French Air Traffic Controllers for the next few days may affect your flights from France. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8529978.stm
A National Strike in France may affect those holidaying in Paris who want to travel by train. About half the trains were running on Paris commuter lines on Tuesday morning 23rd March, while nearly two-thirds of national high-speed TGV services were operating, according to French news agency AFP.
National rail operator SNCF said services would be disrupted until early on Wednesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8582485.stm
And British Airways have plans to strike again on March 27-30. For more information : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8583907.stm However the ferry companies are hoping to gain some business from these strikes by bringing two new ferries onto the Portsmouth to France route ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8583270.stm
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A National Strike in France may affect those holidaying in Paris who want to travel by train. About half the trains were running on Paris commuter lines on Tuesday morning 23rd March, while nearly two-thirds of national high-speed TGV services were operating, according to French news agency AFP.
National rail operator SNCF said services would be disrupted until early on Wednesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8582485.stm
And British Airways have plans to strike again on March 27-30. For more information : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8583907.stm However the ferry companies are hoping to gain some business from these strikes by bringing two new ferries onto the Portsmouth to France route ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8583270.stm
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Thursday, 25 February 2010
More Flight and Travel Misery
Four of the Pilot's Unions of Air France have voted to go ahead with their strike from 26th February to 1st March.
http://fr.reuters.com/article/topNews/idFRPAE61O0FP20100225
In addition, the strike by air traffic controllers continues today (Thursday 25th February) for the third consecutive day.
There was a cancellation of half the flights from Orly and 15% of flights from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle. Disruptions are expected across the territory, said a statement.
http://fr.reuters.com/article/topNews/idFRPAE61O02P20100225
There are also problems with strikes on Ferries from Marseilles to Corsica.
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http://fr.reuters.com/article/topNews/idFRPAE61O0FP20100225
In addition, the strike by air traffic controllers continues today (Thursday 25th February) for the third consecutive day.
There was a cancellation of half the flights from Orly and 15% of flights from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle. Disruptions are expected across the territory, said a statement.
http://fr.reuters.com/article/topNews/idFRPAE61O02P20100225
There are also problems with strikes on Ferries from Marseilles to Corsica.
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