Holidaymakers are being warned to make sure their travel insurance covers them in the event of their trips being cancelled due to strikes. Consumer choice and rights group Which? revealed that many policies offer no protection whatsoever from industrial action.
Air traffic controller strikes in France and other European countries is not uncommon in the summer months when British families are heading abroad on holiday. The issue of industrial action also reared its head in the UK last month when the RMT transport union held a three-day strike.
Further disruption is expected in the coming months, with 700 British Airways check-in and ground-handling workers threatening a walk-out over pay and conditions. EasyJet staff in Spain have said could strike later this month, with transport unions in other European countries making similar threats.
