The walkout, called by unions Union Sindical de Reguladores Aereos and Comisiones Obreras, is set to begin at midnight on April 17 and could cause widespread delays and cancellations.<\/p>\n
Airports impacted include popular holiday hotspots such as Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma and El Hierro, alongside mainland hubs including Seville, Madrid, Vigo and Jerez.<\/p>\n
The strike targets control towers operated by private firm SAERCO, which manages services at a number of busy regional airports, particularly during peak travel periods.<\/p>\n
Union leaders say the action has been triggered by long-standing concerns over staffing shortages, working conditions and safety risks. They claim years of staff cuts have left remaining workers under intense pressure, with insufficient rest and unpredictable schedules.<\/p>\n
In a statement, unions warned that \u201caeronautical safety cannot be sustained\u201d under current conditions, citing fatigue, stress and constant changes to working patterns as serious concerns.<\/p>\n
They also accused the company of cancelling approved holidays, making last-minute shift changes and failing to provide clear schedules for mandatory breaks.<\/p>\n
According to the unions, attempts to resolve the dispute through negotiations were unsuccessful, with meetings repeatedly postponed or cancelled and key concerns left unaddressed.<\/p>\n
The strike adds to mounting disruption across Spanish airports, where passengers are already dealing with baggage handling walkouts and delays linked to new biometric checks.<\/p>\n
Travellers have reported long queues of up to three hours at security, with some flights departing without passengers\u2019 luggage and others missed entirely due to delays.<\/p>\n
With Spain remaining one of the most popular destinations for British tourists, the latest strike threat is expected to cause significant disruption during the busy spring and summer travel period.<\/p>\n
Passengers are being advised to check with airlines before travelling and allow extra time at airports as the situation develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The walkout, called by unions Union Sindical de Reguladores Aereos and Comisiones Obreras, is set to begin at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[42243,4323,72,172492,172494,1392,3519,61,60,172495,2846,172493],"class_list":{"0":"post-388308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-air-traffic-controllers","9":"tag-airports","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-canary-islands","12":"tag-canary-islands-disruption","13":"tag-employment","14":"tag-holiday","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-saerco-staffing-issues","18":"tag-spain","19":"tag-spanish-airports-strike"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}