Margaux Hengel, right, and Stephanie Leon of France react after their flight is canceled at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Air France canceled at least half its flights around the world on Monday as pilots began a weeklong strike, highlighting the trouble Europe's flagship airlines face in keeping up with low-cost competitors. Both 24-year-old medical workers, already made a sacrifice before dawn on Wednesday. They hurriedly bought tickets on a 4-hour train to catch their flight to the Caribbean after their first-leg flight from Brest, in western France, to Paris was canceled. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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