Stranded Vacationers Continue to Face Delays
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LONDON — Thousands of vacationers stranded at British airports on Friday faced further long delays despite the end of a Greek air traffic controllers’ strike which caused a buildup of canceled flights earlier in the week.
At London’s Gatwick Airport, where more than 1,000 passengers spent their third consecutive night under blankets, only one of the 25 flights scheduled to depart was on time, a spokesman said. Some planes had been delayed by 24 hours.
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