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Iberia strikes WILL go ahead: Last-ditch talks fail to prevent Spain-wide walkouts from starting tomorrow

IBERIA walkouts are set to begin tomorrow as last-ditch talks to prevent Spain-wide strikes have failed. Despite multiple attempts to reach an agreement, final talks held today, January 4, have not prevented

4 Jan, 2024 @ 16:45

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Spanish airline Iberia to hold last-ditch meeting with unions today in bid to halt ground staff strikes that will affect more than 45,000 passengers

SPANISH AIRLINE Iberia is holding last-ditch talks today with unions in a bid to halt a series of strikes by ground staff that are due to start tomorrow, January 5, and run

4 Jan, 2024 @ 11:12

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What can I do if my flight is cancelled by the Iberia strikes in Spain? All you need to know as January walkouts are set to affect 45,000 passengers

TRAVEL disruption is expected over the King’s Day weekend as ground staff from Spanish airline Iberia go on strike. The former flag carrier has already cancelled 444 flights over the period of

3 Jan, 2024 @ 12:19

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Iberia Express cancels 92 flights ahead of cabin crew strike in Spain

Iberia strikes latest: Airline bosses will meet with trade unions in last-ditch attempt to prevent Spain-wide walkouts in early January

REPRESENTATIVES from Spanish airline Iberia will be meeting with some of Spain’s biggest unions on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to stop a planned strike for ground staff from January 5 to

27 Dec, 2023 @ 12:55

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Iberia strikes back on: Here are the dates that air travel in Spain will be affected by the ground staff stoppages

BARELY days after unions had announced that they would not be calling strikes for Spanish airline Iberia’s ground staff, the stoppages are back on. The UGT and CCOO unions have announced that

25 Dec, 2023 @ 11:30

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Airport strikes in Spain latest: Iberia workers delay the start date of their walk out

AIR TRAVELLERS in Spain this Christmas can breathe a sigh of relief – for now, anyway. Strikes that were due to be called over the holiday season by Spanish airline Iberia’s ground staff

21 Dec, 2023 @ 11:10

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Fresh airport strikes in Spain: Baggage handlers to walk out on these dates in December and January

SPAIN’S two biggest labour unions, UGT and CCOO, have called eight days of strike action for Spanish airline Iberia’s ground service staff over the Christmas holidays, threatening travel chaos for thousands of

14 Dec, 2023 @ 11:16

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‘Let it fail and go under’ Iberia warned off buying indebted Air Europa

The owners of British Airways have been advised to swerve the acquisition of Air Europa, Spain’s third-largest airline, and let the company ‘fail and go under’. The fall of the Mallorca-based airline

22 Feb, 2023 @ 19:15

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Iberia in Spain ordered by court to rethink cabin crew procedures due to ‘risk when closing overhead lockers’

THE SPANISH High Court has ruled that airline Iberia will have to take action to ensure that its cabin crew don’t injure themselves when closing the overhead lockers. What’s more, changes will

12 Nov, 2022 @ 10:00

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Spain’s Iberia airline warns of scam messages offering free tickets

SPANISH airline Iberia has warned of a “high number of warnings” in recent days of fake messages circulating on WhatsApp purporting to offer free tickets as part of a Black Friday promotion.

7 Nov, 2022 @ 17:45

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EXCLUSIVE: A British mother who suffered a serious episode of anxiety at Madrid airport after she was told a vital possession in her luggage was lost has opened up about the ordeal in an exclusive interview with the Olive Press

A British family originally from Manchester had the “worst holiday of their life” after they were left without their luggage for more than eight days. Kathryn Tiller, 34, told the Olive Press

20 Sep, 2022 @ 16:07

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Iberia and British Airways flights rerouted to avoid Russian airspace after Ukraine invasion

British Airways and Spanish carriers Iberia and Vueling has said it will re-route its aircraft to avoid flying over Russian airspace. IAG also said it would cancel all flights to Russia in

25 Feb, 2022 @ 18:45

Lead·Travel News·Ukraine

Ryanair blasts Spain's airport operator for scrapping five-year charge freeze

Ryanair accused of treating passengers like dogs for accepting bookings for cancelled flight to Spain from Morocco

A Spanish tourist stranded in Morocco has accused Ryanair of treating customers ‘like dogs’ and ‘deceiving people’ after taking bookings for cancelled flights out of the North African country. Moroccan authorities scrapped

3 Dec, 2021 @ 13:09

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Valencia's Air Nostrum in Spain and Ireland's CityJet get EU merger approval for second time

Air Nostrum based in Spain’s Valencia region asks for government bailout loan

THE Valencian airline Air Nostrum has asked for a €103 million bailout loan from the Spanish government’s rescue fund. The company says that it lost €129 million last year because of travel

16 Apr, 2021 @ 17:00

Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Iberia slammed for not letting family embark and ordered to cough up €2400 compensation

According to the law established by European Regulation 261/2004, users who were delayed for more than three hours on a flight are entitled to the automatic compensation.

6 Oct, 2020 @ 10:30

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EXCLUSIVE: British couple ‘could sue’ Iberia after ‘coronavirus patients’ travel on Cuba to Spain flight and passengers AREN’T TESTED on landing

“A stewardess told us that the ill passengers were being treated for suspected coronavirus in Havana. But somehow, they had left the hospital and boarded our flight.”

22 Mar, 2020 @ 18:27

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Ground staff at Spain’s national airline Iberia will stage eight-week walkout

The Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) has called for strikes every Monday from September 30 until November 18.

21 Sep, 2019 @ 11:00

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FLIGHT SHOCKER: Spain could be left with almost no domestic flights in a no-deal Brexit

SPAIN is facing a flightmare post-Brexit as British-owned Iberia could lose its right to operate in the EU if the UK fails to ratify the Withdrawal Agreement. It comes after the European

21 Dec, 2018 @ 12:33

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NOT SO BRITISH: BA owner in talks with Spanish government amid Brexit fears

BA seeks has been consulting the European Commission and Madrid as it steps up preparations for a no-deal Brexit

13 Nov, 2018 @ 12:00

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Balearic president to meet with airlines to safeguard resident discounts

THE President of the Balearics has vowed to prevent airlines increasing their prices after new resident discounts look likely to come into force from July. There are fears that as Balearic residents

25 May, 2018 @ 11:19

Business & Finance·Mallorca·Politics·Travel News

Iberia slammed after €25,000 fine for making applicants take pregnancy test

Unions and politiians round on airline for 'discrimination' against women

11 Jul, 2017 @ 10:10

Lead·Mallorca

Spanish plane descends perilously close to cars on motorway

Iberia flight from Madrid narrowly misses busy Costa Rica road

8 Oct, 2015 @ 13:38

Featured·National News

Baggage handling strike to affect 8,000 Malaga airport travellers

Workers demand an end to unsafe conditions

16 Aug, 2015 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Ebola outbreak hits European travel markets

Stocks in tourism companies continue to plunge following Spain's Ebola outbreak

8 Oct, 2014 @ 19:00

National News

British Airways/Iberia merger sees skyward profits

IAG's chief executive discusses the companies' plans for the future

22 Aug, 2014 @ 09:36

Business & Finance·Other News

Eva Longoria mixes business with pleasure in Marbella

The Desperate Housewive actress chaired a charity gala

26 Jul, 2014 @ 08:00

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