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Story update 08/12/2011 – The dates announced for the Iberia pilots strike are the 18th December and the 29th December 2011. The strike is in protest against the creation of the new low cost airline Iberia Express, dedicated to covering short and medium haul flights. The president of the Iberia pilots’ union (SEPLA-Iberia), Justo Peral said at a press [...]
The workers unions CCOO, UGT and USO, who represent AENA airport handling staff, have called a strike for the ‘handling’ aspects of Spanish airports on the 18th and 26th August 2011. The first day of strike coincides with the arrival in Madrid of Pope Benedict XVI to celebrate World Youth Day. The strikes will be [...]
The regional Director of AENA in the Canary Islands, Juan José Álvarez Gallego, has said that during the upcoming airport strikes (see story here) there will be minimum guaranteed services during the planned strike and that disruption will be kept to a minimum. While he has defended the right to publicise the strike he has [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, National, Tenerife 
Tags: economy, strike, tourism 
No Comments »The Canarian government is to take legal actions and will go to court over the recent air traffic controllers walk out causing chaos in Spain and the Canaries when the whole of the Spanish air space was closed down (3rd/4th December 2010). It is also seeking compensation for the damage caused to the tourism industry [...]
Posted in Canaries, National, Tenerife Tags: aena, Canaries, canary islands, spain, strike No Comments »The state of alarm declared in Spain on the 3rd of December 2010 when the AENA air traffic controllers staged a walk out has been extended for another month and is set to finish on the 15th January 2011. This news has been well received in the Canary Islands in order to guarantee no further [...]
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