PASSENGERS at East Midlands Airport are enduring a second day of disruption to their flights caused by striking air traffic controllers in France.
Yesterday, dozens of flights were either delayed or cancelled into and out of the Castle Donington airport, including routes to France and those that fly through French air space.
By lunchtime today, East Midlands Airport had confirmed a further six flight cancellations, with delays to other routes.
Flights due to land from Valencia, Palma and Barcelona in Spain, Mahon in Menorca, and Carcassonne in France today were cancelled.
The majority of others have been delayed by between one and four hours.
Two outbound flights - to Barcelona and Palma - have also been cancelled.
Among the worst delays, was a flight to Ibiza which was scheduled to take-off at 2.55pm but is now not expected to leave until 7pm.
There would appear to be no let-up in the disruption over the coming days as the industrial action is set to continue until the end of Sunday.
An airport spokeswoman said: "We are experiencing delays to flights travelling to or over France, both outbound and inbound.
"There have been six cancellations today and any concerned passengers should contact their airline or tour operator for the latest information on their flight."
"From the airport's point of view we are making sure the passengers are as fully communicated with as possible. We have also put on extra seating and staff.
"The strike is planned to last until Sunday night so it is difficult to predict what will happen until then.
"For what we can control we are as prepared as possible."
Among passengers who faced disruption were Patricia Keates, who arrived at East Midlands Airport three-and-half hours later than expected, following a holiday in Alicante.
Mrs Keates, who then faced a journey back to Cheadle, in Staffordshire, said: "We were sat in the aircraft at the airport for two hours because of the strike.
"We have flown with Jet2 and they have been great, keeping us informed all the time. It's not their fault we had to sit there.
"It would have been nice to get here earlier, but the holiday was great all the same."
Paul Morris, 52, from Bradway, Sheffield, was also on the flight back from Alicante.
He said: "We have a little one who is only six months old and we thought there might be some issues with her but actually she has been as a good as gold with the delays."
