flight from Madrid to Gatwick 14 - june
my wife (and our baby son) was due on the 17.25 from MAD to LGW yesterday with Easyjet 5478.
having passed through security (and told there was a one hour delay) they were finally boarded around 19.30, only to then be told that "due to Air Traffic strikes in France, they had to remain on-board for the next 1.5 hours before flying".
i have checked around but cannot see any news about there being a strike - i think isntead that EZY have used this as an excuse to hide the fact they probably (again) cancelled the 17.25 and instead merged it with the later flight, meaning comp has to be paid (because flight departed more than 4hrs late and wasn't due to one of their 5 disclaimer conditions).
immensely annoying, in particular as we only had limited milk for our son on the flight also.