Travelers to Paris face tough security, closures

Hours after the Paris terror attack, Melou Antonette Limon-Fujii, a well-traveled Japanese woman, cancelled her booked flights for a Paris Christmas vacation. A few would-be travellers quickly cancelled trips to Paris, while the airlines let anxious customers with weekend tickets for Paris change plans without a fee.

High tensions after the attacks could be seen at airports across Europe on Saturday. Authorities called in explosives experts.

But, reflecting the sobering times we live in, Richards says these recommendations don’t apply exclusively to the scene of this latest act of terror.

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

All domestic flights leaving Ontario worldwide Airport bound for Paris are resuming as scheduled, airport spokeswoman Jess Romo said.

“Currently, the Charles de Gaulle global airport is open, but we are suspending our flights to Paris until we have sufficient information”, airline’s representative Joshua Frid said. He said Delta was in touch with its partners, Air France KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and was “not aware of any changes to their operations”.

Shortly after news of the attacks emerged Irish rock band U2 cancelled its planned concert in Paris tonight.

An Airbnb guest who had been staying in a residence close to the theater was turned away Saturday morning by police as they maintained a strict perimeter.

Louise said: “It was all very sombre when we left, like a ghost town”.

At his own synagogue, attendance was only one third of the usual number, he said, and the synagogues of Paris’ 10th and 11th arrondissements, where the attacks took place, were closed completely.

Flights to Paris from Bristol Airport are continuing as expected. The Belgium government said it is stepping up spot checks on passengers arriving from France. They were shaken by what their country faced Friday.

The couple flew home on a Delta Air Lines flight.

“It was a bit more quiet”, he said of the Air France flight.