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Baku-Paris flight successfully operated despite unfavorable weather

10 February 2009 15:53 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev â€“ APA-Economics. Azerbaijan Airlines (AzAL) announced it successfully operated Flight 073 from Baku to Paris despite stormy weather in France.
The airline said Airbus-319 departed from Baku at 07.10 am and landed in Paris successfully.
Air traffic was halted on Monday evening at Paris’s three airports following warnings a strong storm had been heading towards the area.
In a highly unusual move, the French civil aviation authority said the Roissy, Orly and Bourget airports would remain closed from 8 p.m. on Monday until 10 a.m. on Tuesday (1900-0900 GMT).
The French weather office has warned much of northern France will be battered overnight by gales in excess of 100 kmh (60 mph), with gusts of up 160 kph possible in some western coastal areas.
Air France said it has cancelled 210 flights on Monday evening and asked passengers not to turn up to Paris airports until Tuesday morning.
The French carrier also reserved 1,400 hotel rooms at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport for transfer passengers already blocked there.