Overview
- Security and passenger-control staff managed by contractor Trablisa began an indefinite, full-time strike on 14 September at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.
- Airport operator Aena warned of longer screening times as queues reached about 90–95 minutes in some areas, with reports of missed flights at Terminal 4.
- Iberia and other airlines advised passengers to arrive earlier than usual and promoted measures such as free carry-on check-in to speed security.
- Trablisa asked the Madrid Regional Institute of Mediation and Arbitration to declare the action illegal and abusive, arguing that only a small number of workers are participating.
- Madrid’s Government Delegation ordered security services to run at full capacity given the airport’s critical status, and no end date for the strike has been announced.