Compensation if flight delayed by strikes?

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Finnair plane
Finnair plane

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Cuts at airports and airlines means that travellers have endured the misery of endless delays caused by strikes. As a rule, airlines don't have to pay out any compensation - because the strike is beyond their control and classed as an 'extraordinary circumstance.'

However, the European Court says that in some circumstances, they don't have this get-out clause.
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