Orly Airport

Exciting news for travel enthusiasts and vacation planners as Varna Airport gears up to introduce regular flights to Paris starting from April 12, 2024. This seasonal flight route will operate every Friday, spanning until September 27, offering a convenient link between Varna and the heart of France at Orly Airport.

A police source says the man shot dead after attempting to steal a soldier’s gun at Paris Orly Airport was a “radicalised Muslim” known to security services.

According to new information that have been released, the 40-year-old shot at police officers manning a checkpoint in northern Paris before launching the airport attack.

Flights at Paris' Orly airport were returning to normal on March 19 a day after a man triggered a major security alert and travel chaos when he attacked a soldier before being shot dead.  

Security forces at Paris' Orly airport on March 18 shot dead a man who took a weapon from a soldier, the interior ministry said.

The airport has been shut after what the authorities described as an extremely serious incident.

The man was on a watch-list of radicalised individuals and had been involved in a shooting hours earlier in the north of Paris, officials say.

Security forces at Orly airport in Paris have shot dead a man who took a weapon from a soldier, according to the French interior ministry, quoted by Agence France-Presse

Witnesses said the Orly south terminal was evacuated following the shooting at around 8:30am local time on Saturday.

A man has been shot dead at Paris Orly Airport after grabbing a counter-terrorism soldier’s gun.

The incident took place at the South Terminal and SWAT teams have been sent in. The airport has been evacuated.

The Police are warning the public to stay away.

The soldier was deployed as part of Operation Sentinelle.