Iberia figures at 14.5% the monitoring of the handling strike until noon and assures that normality continues

MADRID, 5 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Iberia has updated the monitoring of the ground services staff strike to 14.5%, according to the data available until 1:30 p.m. this Friday, and assures that the day continues to run normally "taking into account the dates Christmas".

Thus, the airline points out that the minimum services continue to be met and that among workers without a minimum service letter, the monitoring has been 14.5% on average at Aena airports.

Punctuality until that time has been 86% throughout the network. In the previous update, it acknowledged that there had been some "specific incident" in the loading of suitcases.

However, UGT has reported that the Iberia handling strike is having "extensive monitoring" during the first day of the call, with "numerous flight delays and incidents."

Specifically, it highlights the incidents at airports such as those in Barcelona and Bilbao, which "will result in contagion in the rest of the network", especially at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport throughout the day. According to UGT, there are numerous delays and planes that take off without luggage.

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.

For this reason, Aena has asked passengers traveling between this Friday and next Monday to check the status of their flights before going to the airport, in case of possible incidents.