The Iberia airline has reported that The average punctuality of the airports at 6:30 p.m. was 88.6% in the context of the first day of the handling service strike, and, in addition, he highlighted that his follow-up is 15.62% and that “all minimum services” are being met.
For today 483 flights operated by the Iberia group (Iberia, Iberia Express and Air Nostrum) had been scheduled, and at 6:30 p.m., 340 of them had already operated.
However, the company has registered problems this Friday morning with the loading of suitcases in the hold at the Bilbao and Barcelona airports, although it has assured that these will be sent throughout the day to their final destinations.
Close sources have explained to Europa Press that in the case of Bilbao, where unions have also reported delays of up to two hours, the problems with the suitcases have been caused by a series of technical problems related to the security scanner and the loading of some teams.
For this reason, the first flights of the morning have taken off without cargo, although a truck has already been sent from Bilbao to Madrid to deliver the luggage.
As for Barcelona, where There have also been incidents with luggage, The airline is working to regularize the situation and deliver the packages to passengers on other flights. The rest of the incidents related to suitcases would arise from the normal operations of an airport.
In the case of point-to-point flightswill be sent to the homes or hotels of those affected, and For connecting flights, they will be taken directly to the final destination.
“The predominant note on this first day of strike is normality. The punctuality of the Iberia group has been excellent throughout the day and the follow-up has been scarce, 15.6%, which highlights the senselessness of the call because all the jobs, as well as the salary, non-salary and social benefits conditions, are guaranteed for life thanks to the subrogation of the workers endorsed by the V Sector Agreement,” said the corporate director of Iberia, Juan Cierco.
The strike has been called by UGT, CCOO, USO and the Intercompany Committee from today until January 8 and has led to the cancellation of 444 flights of the Iberia group airlines, affecting more than 45,600 passengers.
However, the strike could affect the operations of almost a hundred airlines to which Iberia Airport Services provides service at Aena airports, on dates that coincide with the Three Kings holiday and the return operation from the Christmas holidays. Christmas.
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Thus, Aena has asked passengers traveling between this Friday and next Monday to check the status of their flights before going to the airport, in the face of possible incidents.
Iberia recalled, for its part, that it remains “open to dialogue”, although it has recognized the “important differences” between the parties.