The airline has just announced this Sunday 12 October that Air France will not serve not Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, until Monday inclusive. His flights since Paris are suspended, pending an evolution of the situation on instead, “due to the security situation.”

Air France specifies to monitor the situation in real time with the competent authorities, and that “the resumption of operations will remain subject to a daily assessment of the situation”, according to Air France. The customers concerned will be informed and will be offered solutions for deferral or reimbursement, she added.

The Malagasy presidency declared on Sunday that” an attempt to seize power “illegally and by force” was under way in the country, without providing further details, the day after the participation of some soldiers in a protest movement that began on last month.