Furious easyJet customers have been caught up in long delays and cancellations amid a major European strike. The budget airline has been forced to cancel 232 flights to and from Portugal due to industrial action by cabin crew in the country. British holidaymakers planning to fly on easyJet today, tomorrow or the next day have been advised to check their flight status using the airline's online tracker.
EasyJet operates flights to Portugal from several UK airports, including Glasgow, Manchester , Bristol, London Gatwick, and Luton. The airline flies to various destinations in Portugal, including Lisbon, Porto, and Faro on the Algarve coast. A spokesperson for EasyJet confirmed to the Mirror that 27 return flights between the UK and Portugal have been cancelled ahead of the strike period.
Kevin McDonnell is one customers who has been caught up in the disruption. "Still at Lisbon. Been sat on a plane for nearly three hours so I suppose things are looking up right.
Oh hang on - no air con. Already been here for over 12 hours. Have to say this is the worst flight experience of all time," he wrote on Twitter last night.
Have you been affected by the disruption? Email webtravel@reachplc.com Graham Mercieca described the way he felt he had been treated as "disgraceful" after his flight was cancelled. Another Twitter user contacted the airline to say: "I’m at Barcelona airport and there is no information inside the terminal.
Our flight is delayed more than three hours and nobody is .