Uber drivers demanding higher fares blocked roads to Paris airports, creating gigantic traffic jams that forced Christmas travellers to walk the final few hundred yards to terminals.

Hundreds of striking drivers blocked the main road to Charles de Gaulle Airport for about five hours on Friday morning before driving slowly to Uber’s offices, further disrupting Paris traffic on one of the busiest days of the year.

It was the largest of a series of recent protests by French drivers who say Uber’s low fares are “disgraceful” and “degrading”.