Overview
- France’s civil aviation authority requested a 15% cut to airline schedules at Charles de Gaulle until 20:00 local and at Orly until about 23:30.
- Paris activated a level 3 snow-and-ice alert as regional buses were halted and some Île-de-France train lines were suspended.
- The Paris police prefect set a regionwide 80 km/h speed limit and barred heavy vehicles over 3.5 tonnes carrying goods or hazardous materials.
- Bison Futé reported more than 1,050 kilometers of traffic jams nationwide during the worst of the snowfall.
- Authorities urged travelers to confirm flights and favor public transport, while the broader cold snap also hit airports such as Amsterdam-Schiphol.