Strike Action that may affect Travel - General information and updates
15th August 2024 - Employees of the company called "Ilunion" who have the contract to work on the first line of security and screening at Alicante airport, have decided to continue with their industrial action. They will be continuing to call for strike action at one hour periods, twice a day on the 16th, 17th, 18th, 30th and 31st August, plus on the 1st of September.
HOWEVER...Before people are taken in by scaremongering in the UK press, minimum service agreements are in place, at a rate of 86%, which means that actual effects on passengers passing through security are hardly noticeable.
Alicante airport: Security staff strike
A five-day strike at Alicante airport involving security staff will lead to congestion, British holiday company Jet2 has warned.
The industrial action is taking place from 31st July -4th August.
The airport serving the Costa Blanca will be affected between 8.30am-9.30am and 6pm-7pm local time.
Jet2 say on its website: “The strike is supported by security services at the airport and will affect congestion at security control."
Please allow extra time to get through security.
Strike Action that may affect travel
Spanish Airport Strikes Minimum Level of Service
What is not reported much is that the Spanish government department of transport set by law a "minimum service" during such strikes.
The minimum services set depend on the type of route - 100% for emergency flights, transfer of citizens or foreigners guarded by police officers or transport of universal postal mail or perishable products.
Commercial flights with routes to or from non-peninsular territories, the minimum services range between 52% from Lleida to 84% from La Coruña, depending on the estimated occupancy.
Routes with foreign or Spanish cities whose travel time by road is at least five hours, the minimum services are between 44% of La Palma and 57% of Alicante.
On journeys that can be replaced by other means of public transport in less than five hours, the minimum services are between 18% in Castellón and 30% in Vigo.
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