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‘Indefinite’ Strike Causes Severe Disruption at Spain’s Biggest Airport
Only 21 of over 850 security agents striking at Madrid-Barajas Terminal 4 caused queues up to 95 minutes, disrupting thousands of passengers amid pay and working condition disputes.
- Passenger control staff employed by Trablisa began an indefinite strike at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport on September 14, 2025, causing severe disruptions especially at Terminal 4.
- The strike followed failed negotiations over pay and working conditions between Trablisa employees and the company, prompting unions to declare full-time industrial action.
- Terminal 4, which handles many Iberia flights and long-haul routes, experienced queues exceeding 90 minutes—about an hour and a half longer than usual—leading to missed flights and costly rebookings.
- Alejandro Corredera Arriaga, representing the Madrid strike committee, highlighted that the workload of Barajas staff significantly surpasses that of employees at other airports in Spain, while both airlines and Aena have advised passengers to arrive early and keep updated to cope with possible delays.
- The strike will likely persist until Trablisa and the unions reach a new agreement, resulting in ongoing operational difficulties and major disruption for travelers at Spain's busiest airport.
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Spain travel warning for Brits as major airport's 'indefinite strike' kicks off - The Mirror
unday marked the first day of strike action at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport in the Spanish capital, where "endless queues" and plenty of disruption are being reported
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They have registered up to 90 minutes of delay during the morning, although the situation has stabilized and Aena assures that, beyond "some delays in flights", the strike in Trablisa "is not affecting the operation in a general way" The start of the strike by the security personnel of the company Trablisa is causing queues and delays in the controls of follow-up of the airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, according to Aena has published on its…
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