Second day of strike by Iberia handling staff

The Iberia company lives this Saturday its second day of strike, called for the handling staff (ground handling service), which has affected a total of fifty flights at Basque airports.

Specifically, at Loiu airport, 18 Iberia flights have been descheduled, 9 departures and 9 arrivals. In the case of Hondarribia airport, 16 flights in total have been suspended, 8 departures and 8 arrivals. Finally, in Noain, the affected flights have been 14, 7 departures and 7 arrivals.

During the first day of the strike, this Friday, there were 75% monitoring at Bilbao airport, according to the company, and 100%, according to the employees. The unions, for their part, raise this percentage to one hundred percent of employees not assigned to minimum services, close to 90%. In addition to delays in operations, several planes have taken off without suitcases.

Financial compensation

From Facua-Consumidores en Acción they remember that passengers have the right to financial compensation and payment of the expenses that this change in their plans has entailed, although they point out that the airlines are not obliged to pay any of these compensations. if the cancellation has been announced at least two weeks in advance.

Compensations will range between 250 and 600 eurosdepending on the distance that the canceled flight should travel and which may be reduced by half if the airline offers alternative transportation that in no case exceeds four hours.