The authority still strongly recommends that passengers contact their airline to inquire about delays or cancellations.

After nearly a week of disruption in the European sky, due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland, spitting out a cloud of ash potentially dangerous for planes , air traffic in France gradually resumes since yesterday Tuesday and regains a cruising speed quasi-normal Wednesday.

At 11 am on Wednesday, Aéroports de Paris (ADP) told Relaxnews that 250 aircraft "moves" (take-off and landing) were counted in Roissy and 115 in Orly .

On a day, 1,500 planes land and take off from the first airport against 500 for the second.

The airport platforms were closed to travelers last Thursday evening and only partially re-opened on Tuesday 20 April.