Tension continues at Cairo International Airport despite strike call-off - A strike action embarked upon by air traffic controllers at the Cairo International Airport ended in the early hours of Friday but flight delays are expected to continue for at least the rest of the day, according to airport officials.

Cairo airport is still packed with passengers and flights have continued to be delayed after air traffic controllers called off their strike which lasted almost 24 hours.

Passengers engaged airline employees in squabbles as flights remained irregular and many were delayed.

A work slow-down by air traffic controllers delayed several flights and left passengers stranded for hours in Cairo's international airport, wreaking havoc in the latest example of cascading labour unrest that officials and analysts said was devastating Egypt's economy.

Thursday's protest at the international airport was over a decision to rescind a promised bonus.

It forced the delay of more than 200 flights and turned Egypt's flagship airport into a microcosm of the general mayhem that has come to define the country since the uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak in February.

Pana 08/10/2011