Air France pilots start strike on second day of Euro 2016


View of an Airbus A380 plane inside the Air France KLM maintenance hangar at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy, near Paris, France, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS (Reuters) - Air France pilots went on a four-day strike over pay cuts on Saturday that could disrupt transport plans for football fans on the second day of Europe's football championship.

Air France, part of Franco-Dutch group , said on Saturday it estimated that about 25 percent of its pilots would strike. Union SNPL said 70 percent of pilots would not show up.

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