A strike at Iberia in Spain leads to the cancellation of more than 400 flights during the Epiphany

However, this festival is central in the country. These flight cancellations will affect “more than 45,000 passengers”, according to the airline.

Epiphany, a popular celebration in Spain, risks being disrupted. The airline Iberia canceled more than 400 flights to or from Spain on Wednesday January 3 due to a strike by its ground agents. The movement, called by the country’s two main unions, the UGT and CCOO, must begin Friday January 5 and end on January 8. The strike concerns all Iberia ground services, particularly baggage handlers.

These flight cancellations, which concern Iberia but also its low-cost subsidiary Iberia Express and its regional subsidiary Air Nostrum, will affect “over 45 000 passengers”specifies the airline.

For Iberia, this movement which has “no justification”

According to Iberia, which belongs to the IAG group, which also owns British Airways, this four-day strike will also have an impact on nearly 90 companies to which it provides airport services. This will lead to “enormous harm for thousands of people whose travel is disrupted”insists the company in its press release, for which the strike has not “no justification”.

For their part, Iberia ground service workers explain that their movement is linked to concern with the recent loss of several assistance contracts in the country’s large airports, managed by the public group Aena. “We find ourselves in a particularly difficult situation”estimate the UGT and the CCOO, who criticize Iberia for not sufficiently defending its employees.

A list of affected flights has been published on the Iberia website.