The general strike called by the unions for this Wednesday has resulted in the cancellation of 234 flights across Spain’s airports, which is equivalent to 5.16% of the operations planned for the day, according to sources at Aena who spoke to Europa Press.
With data collected up to 10:00 a.m., 234 operations have been cancelled out of the 4,529 that were listed in the scheduling for this Wednesday, according to information provided by the airport operator.
From Aena they emphasize that, in the face of the general strike call for this 11N, the airlines operating on its network “rebooked their flights and reallocated passengers in previous sessions”.
Meanwhile, the companies flying to and from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport have cancelled six flights at the start of the 24-hour strike called across the country. With data at 8:30 a.m., six operations had been eliminated out of the 1,097 planned at the Madrid airfield, as sources at Aena had previously indicated to Europa Press.
Minimum services set by the Ministry of Transport
The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has determined minimum services of between 18% and 85% for flights scheduled during the strike, depending on the type of route and on the origin and destination airports.
The ministerial resolution includes three levels of protection for commercial flights, depending on the public transport alternatives available to travelers.
For domestic flights with origin or destination in non-peninsular territories, as well as for routes subject to public service obligations, coverage has been set at between 56% and 85% of the operations scheduled at each airport.
Specifically, the minimum services for connections with the Canary Islands stand at between 56% and 74%, depending on the airport; in the Balearic Islands, they range between 68% and 75%; while they reach 80% in links with Ceuta and 59% on routes with Melilla.
Meanwhile, for international flights and routes between Spanish peninsula cities whose alternative travel by public transport is equal to or longer than five hours, minimum services are set at a range of between 39% and 64%.
With regard to flights between cities on the mainland that have a public transport option with a journey time of less than five hours, the "reallocation of 40% of passengers" is guaranteed. In these cases, the minimum services are between 18% and 37% of the scheduled operations.