Fewer flights and no taxis – Barcelona affected by strikes
Wednesday and Thursday set to be complicated days for travelers
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Airport ground staff call off July 31 strike
Agreement with handling companies avoids industrial action involving 50,000 employees all over Spain
Air traffic controllers in Barcelona to go on strike
They denounce a lack of staff and foresee a complicated summer from June 20
Barcelona airport workers call new strike
Security staff reject the compulsory arbitration forced by the Spanish government claiming their working conditions remain poor
Extraordinary meeting of the Spanish executive to end strike at Barcelona airport
According to the airport management company AENA, services continued with normality on the third day of the indefinite strike by security personnel at the Barcelona airport
Barcelona Airport users doomed to more lines as workers reject Catalan government's offer
Employees determined to go on an indefinite strike starting Monday
Lines at Barcelona airport continue to test passengers’ nerves ahead of Thursday's strikers’ assembly
Catalan government offers a proposal to solve the labor conflict including a €200 pay raise
Labor minister shows sympathy with striking airport staff and demands talks with Aena
Josep Ginesta admits working conditions 'difficult' as Eulen employees begin industrial action three days a week, with 24-hour stoppages due to start on August 14
All-day strike in Barcelona Airport to begin on August 14
Security workers officially register further industrial action on Thursday, calling set minimum 90% level of services disgraceful
Minimum services set to 90% during Barcelona Airport strike
According to the decision, a lower level of services could severely affect the right to freedom of movement
Barcelona airport is strengthened with new flights, no strikes planned, and a future of decentralised management
The strike threatened by Spanish airport staff was finally cancelled as an agreement was reached between the ministry and trade unions. Air Berlin announced a flight increase in Barcelona: 38 flights per week will link the Catalan capital with Düsseldorf. The Spanish Minister for Transport insisted that the tender process to manage the airport will be issued before the end of the year.
Air services in Spain getting back to normal after crippling strike
The Spanish government sends military personnel to force air controllers back to work. Passengers are now facing further delays as airports try to clear the backlog
The Spanish government declares a state of alert and the Army takes over air traffic control
Up to 300.000 passengers have been left stranded by an unauthorised strike by air traffic controllers. The walkout started at the beginning of a national holiday.