Overview

• Worker representatives say the filing targets roughly 100 ground-handling employees at Santiago de Compostela’s Lavacolla airport.
• According to the Azul Handling works committee, 135 cabin crew will be relocated to other terminals while about 100–120 ground staff face dismissal.
• Ryanair’s Santiago base is set to close on 26 October following the airline’s announcement earlier this month.
• The committee warns weekly flights could drop from about 100 to 15 and predicts passenger losses of roughly half the airport’s annual traffic, with wide knock-on job losses in terminal services.
• Union leaders have met the Xunta’s employment secretary and plan further political meetings, urging the Labour Ministry to craft a plan to avoid a traumatic collective dismissal.