Expect flight delays with enhanced security checks, says SIA

“This is no longer simply a problem for Paris or for France; it is potentially a problem for Europe”.

On Friday, 8 terrorists carried out attacks at 6 locations throughout Paris killing over 100 people.

A well-known figure in Bristol’s Muslim community, Abdul Malik, has released this statement: “As chair of Easton Jamia Masjid, I’d like to represent the management, Imaam’s and our local community and congregation in expressing the sadness and shock felt by today’s attacks on innocent people in France”.

“I got a call from my daughter and she was crying she was on the phone, she’s living here”, he said.

He said the department has shifted personnel “to soft and hard targets”.

Blake Fleetwood, president of New York-based Cook Travel, said about 10 customers out of the roughly 30 with trips booked to Paris told him they want to cancel.

Concerned consumers have been scrambling to find out more information.

Flight Centre Travel Group, which owns Liberty Travel and Gogo Vacations, said it had more than 700 clients in Paris at the time of the attacks. “There are no popular tourist spots near the hostage area”.

“American Airlines continues to monitor the tragic situation in Paris”.

The company will not cancel other tours to France unless the government issues a travel alert, Cheung adds. The smaller airport in Paris, Orly worldwide, suspended flights temporarily due to a computer software malfunction. If travel is rescheduled for November 22, the change fee will be waived; yet consumers may have to pay a fare difference.

A Delta Airlines flight from Paris arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport just after 3 p.m. on Saturday, carrying several Metro Detroit passengers who said the flight had been delayed by two hours at Charles de Gaulle Airport which was lined “wall to wall with people”.

Mr Bradshaw said: “These are appalling events”.

On flights to the USA from Paris, the mood was understandably subdued.

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United Continental Holdings said its three scheduled flights would still depart for Paris on Friday evening from hubs in Chicago, Newark and Washington, D.C. “We’re operating our schedule as planned”, spokesman Charles Hobart said.