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Spain 12 airports hit Friday update as ‘suitcases were abandoned’

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Spanish airlines affected by ground staff strike

Indefinite travel has been called in a bitter dispute at 12 airports for three days a week Airports in Spain have been hit by a strike by ground staff this week(Photo: Getty Images) An update has been issued on ‘indefinite’ strikes at 12 Spanish airports as union officials say ‘thousands of suitcases’ have been left … Read more

Spanish airports hit: 40 flights reportedly leave without luggage

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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

Spanish organizations celebrate the ‘chaos’ caused by airport disasters with thousands of suitcases left unattended: meetings to come next week

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Spanish organizations celebrate the 'chaos' caused by airport disasters with thousands of suitcases left unattended: meetings to come next week

The UGT, the Spanish airport union for Groundforce ground workers together with the USO and the CCOO, highlighted today, Wednesday, that the industrial action is causing ‘unrest’, delay of ‘more than an hour, canceled flights and thousands of abandoned suitcases’. A strike, that is it started last mondayscheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12 … Read more

Spain, Greece and Germany have been hit by post-Brexit check-in queues of up to three hours

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John Calladine, 51, from Leeds experienced horrors? queues at Malaga airport for EES checks when he arrived from the UK on November 22, with passengers, many of them elderly, stuck in queues of at least an hour. ?They put us upstairs in the holding area and refused to let us go further as they kept saying that the passport control area below is full, it can't take any more passengers,? he told The i Paper. ?They finally scrapped the new system and told everyone to validate their passports as it was taking too long to process. ?Arguments were breaking out as they were directing people to different places and people thought that others were crossing lines. It was not a pleasant experience. ?Nobody knew what was going on and the Spanish border force didn't know either?. Described the pushers, the warm waiting areas and the fear of possible medical emergencies? during peak travel in 2026 once the EES is fully operational. ?It will be a disaster,? he said.

Airlines and airlines have warned of Easter travel chaos as the deadline to fully implement new border checks for non-EU citizens. The Entry-Exit System (EES) for travel to the Schengen area requires third-party nationals – including British nationals – to have facial photographs and fingerprints when they arrive at EU borders. The phased rollout of … Read more