Spanish airports hit: 40 flights reportedly leave without luggage

Passengers at Terminal T4 of Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport, when two ground handling strikes took place.

The worker strikes caused major disruption at 12 airports including Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao. Maria Ortega Foreign Affairs Specialist, Ben Hurst and Ben Hurst 12:16, 02 April 2026Updated 12:17, 02 April 2026 Passengers at Terminal T4 of Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport, when two ground handling attacks took place this week.(Image: Getty) A new development has … Read more

The Cornwall-London flights arrived earlier than expected

Jonathan Hinkles, managing director of Skybus, pictured with other staff celebrating the first flight from Newquay to London.

The Public Service Obligation (PSO) flight from Newquay Airport to London Gatwick is being withdrawn two months earlier than originally planned, with the last flights taking place tomorrow (Thursday 2 April). Customers received emails this week saying their flights had been cancelled. The service – which is funded by Cornwall Council and the Department for … Read more

New Long-haul Flights: 9 Amazing Nonstop Routes Launching This Week

New Long-haul Flights: 9 Amazing Nonstop Routes Launching This Week

Welcome to my place The 202nd every week ways title! On Sunday, March 29, northern flights switched to summer schedules based on IATA Slot times. Therefore, many hundreds of new and returning routes began at that time. As always, the purpose of this article is to discuss a small selection of subjectively pleasant services. Seven … Read more

Spanish airports improve as ‘flights fly with unchecked baggage’

Check-in counters at Terminal T4 of Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport this week when 2 ground staff hit.

The strike continues at the ground operations center of Groundforce, a Globalia group company that provides services at the airports of Madrid, Barcelona, ​​​​Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Málaga, Gran Canaria, Valencia, Ibiza, Bilbao, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and the airport in Zaragoza. Maria Ortega Foreign Affairs Specialist and Ben Hurst 12:33, 01 April 2026Updated 12:47, 01 April … Read more

End of an Era: Emirates Cuts 62% of Flights on Larger 615-Seat Airbus A380s

End of an Era: Emirates Cuts 62% of Flights on Larger 615-Seat Airbus A380s

Ten airlines continue to have scheduled flights on the Airbus A380. Naturally, most carrier frames have very different capabilities and configurations. In fact, the rarest and most noticeable thing is Emirates’ second-class, non-first-class people, 615 people. Big changes are coming to Emirates’ 615-seat A380s. As previously reported, the low-level, high-level configuration will be discontinued. 15 … Read more

The development of Spanish airports when flights take off ‘without luggage’

A passenger in Terminal T4 at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport as the strikes hit

A strike by Groundforce workers at 13 airports in Spain has left passengers without their luggage, as flights leave with bags left on the trucks. Maria Ortega Foreign Affairs Specialist and Ben Hurst 12:48, 31 Mar 2026 A passenger at Terminal T4 at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport when strikes hit this week.(Photo: Getty Images) Travelers … Read more