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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Spain value losses over air controllers walk out at €500 million
Posted by Canaries News on December 8th, 2010
Spain are putting a value of €500.000.000 on the cost to tourism and the airline companies, after the AENA air traffic controllers staged a walk out on Friday 3rd December 2010 causing the airspace in Spain to shut down from approx. 19:00 on Friday. They have stated that it is yet to early to give [...]
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Tags: aena, air traffic, economy, strike, tourism 
No Comments »Spain recovers after air traffic controllers strike
Posted by Canaries News on December 6th, 2010
All Spanish airports are starting to recover after the walkout of all 2.200 air traffic controllers, 442 of which are now facing disciplinary procedures for their illegal mass walkout on Friday afternoon (3rd December 2010). The government has guaranteed that this will not happen again after rushing through a law that allowed the military to [...]
URGENT – Spanish airspace closed as controllers walk out
Posted by Canaries News on December 3rd, 2010
Please note that this article is no longer being updated, please go to the homepage and browse for more news. Thank you. Emergency telephone number : +34 902 404 704 AENA website in English : www.aena.es The totality of the Spanish airspace including the Canary Islands (but excepting Andalucia) has closed down due to the [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, National, Tenerife Tags: aena, canary islands, spain, strike 3 Comments »AENA threaten airport strikes over Christmas
Posted by Canaries News on December 2nd, 2010
AENA, the airport operators in Spain, have threatened strike action during the month of December (2010) after the announcement of the privitazation of 49% of the airports of Madrid and Barcelona. The dates of the strikes wil be announced on the 9th of December 2010.
