Overview

• Azul Handling baggage crews will strike August 15–17 and then every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday through at least December 31 with potential extension into January
• Menzies ground staff at Barcelona-El Prat, Alicante, Palma, Malaga and Tenerife South will walk out on August 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31
• Union representatives accuse Menzies of repeated salary breaches, mismanagement of schedules and arbitrary holiday impositions and condemn Azul Handling’s workforce pressures
• FeSMC-UGT has requested SIMA mediation while Spanish law’s mandatory minimum service levels remain undecided
• Combined action threatens flight delays and cancellations for carriers including Ryanair, Emirates, British Airways, easyJet and Wizz Air during peak holiday travel season