More than 12,000 flights could be cancelled across Europe every day this summer due to strikes by air traffic controllers.
Around a third of all European flights are set to be impacted after controllers at Eurocontrol - the European air traffic management body - announced plans to walkout.
It is not yet known the exact dates when the strikes will take place, but there are fears dates may be selected to maximise disruption, threatening British holidaymakers' travel plans. "In a full-blown strike, 20 to 30 per cent of flights would be at least delayed," an industry source told The Times.Around 33,00 flights a day are expected to take off across Europe in the next eight weeks. This may rise on some days in August.
Another airline source told the publication that the controllers' plans to strike are likely to be "extremely disruptive". Eurocontrol is estimated to handle around 96,000 messages everyday from different pilots, airlines and their staff.
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