Air traffic is improving at Paris’ main airport, where hundreds of people spent the night on terminal floors and personnel handed out Christmas puppets and chocolates to stranded families.
Snowfall and severe shortages of de-icing fluid meant hundreds of flights were cancelled at Charles de Gaulle airport and some other European airports, leaving travellers stuck at the start of the holiday weekend.
Sunny skies and two shipments of de-icing fluid from the United States helped Charles de Gaulle get back to what the airport authority called “normal” flight schedules on Saturday.
Screens showed only a few delays. Children who had to stay in the terminals overnight clutched puppets they were given by airport staff.
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