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Flights cancelled as French air traffic controller strike bites

Marseille said to be worst affected but other airports hit include Toulouse, Bordeaux, Orly, Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, Lyon and Nice.

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Hundreds of British travellers are expected to face further flight cancellations today because of industrial action by French air traffic controllers, reports Sky News.

Passengers flying on a number of airlines from Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton to European airports were forced to wait for or reschedule their flights on Sunday.

Gatwick said passengers had experienced delays averaging more than 50 minutes on Sunday, while Luton confirmed that flights to Amsterdam and Nimes had been affected as a result of a "knock-on effect in the network".

A spokesman for easyJet confirmed that 82 flights had been cancelled, including 32 arriving and departing from the UK.

British Airways refused to disclose how many flights would be affected by the strikes, but said that it was doing "all we can to minimise disruption to customers affected".

A spokeswoman added that larger aircraft were now being used and some flights were being re-routed.

Ryanair has called on the French government and the European Commission to intervene in order to prevent UK passengers being "held to ransom" by "tiny numbers" of French workers.

Read more of this report from Sky News.