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
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has raised the probability that an El Niño event will occur between May and July 2026 to 40%, a climate characterized by general increase in temperature during the day and nightit will affect the Mediterranean and places like Mallorca. The most recent El Niño and La Niña events, which occurred … Read more
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 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
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
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
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