DELAYED PASSENGERS AT STANSTED AIRPORT,ESSEX,ON TUESDAY LUNCHTIME JUNE 24TH AS THE FRENCH BEGAN AN AIR TRAFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE
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STANSTED ESSEX ENGLAND UKMore information:
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DELAYED PASSENGERS AT STANSTED AIRPORT, ESSEX, ON TUESDAY LUNCHTIME JUNE 24TH AS THE FRENCH BEGAN AN AIR TRAFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE. Thousands of passengers faced delays and disruption at UK airports today (Tues) as a six-day French air traffic control strike began. There were queues of holidaymakers at Stansted Airport in Essex as airlines were forced to cancel dozens of flights crossing French airspace. Extra police and security guards were drafted in to deal with the crowds at the airport. One holiday maker Jane Goulding, 47, said: "I have never seen the airport this busy before. I'm worried I'm going to be queuing here for hours." Eurocontrol, a European air safety organisation, estimated the action would cause 830, 000 minutes, or almost 14, 000 hours, of delays. There are estimated to be around 350 direct flights between Britain and France during the planned strike period.