Greece paralysed by general strike
Dozens of flights through Greece will be disrupted Thursday by a general strike against pension reform.
The strike will also paralyse ports, trains and urban transport in Athens.
Banks, post offices and public services will also shut down, officials say.
The BBC said the strike is the sixth this year against a broad austerity policy imposed by the Socialist government as it struggles to deal with a debt crisis that pushed the country to the brink of insolvency in May.
Greece’s main flight operators Olympic Air and Aegean will ground 34 flights and reschedule another 45, including to several international destinations, the companies said.
A four-hour work stoppage by air traffic controllers will also affect other carriers.
“Nothing will fly during that four-hour period,” a spokeswoman at Athens International Airport told AFP.
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