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Wed 11 Nov 2002France flights back to normal after strikeAer Lingus, Ryanair and Air France have said flights from Ireland to France will operate on normal schedules today.The three airlines were forced to cancel a total of 34 flights to and from Paris yesterday as a result of the 36-hour strike by French air-traffic controllers. "We booked people due to travel on Tuesday either on a Monday flight or on a flight today, free of charge," an Aer Lingus spokeswoman said.