Iberia strike: Round 2 in progress

For those of you who are flying into Spain or with Iberia will note there a strike again this week. The strike will run from March 4th to 8th March.

Iberia has posted lists of cancellations at Iberia.com, but here are the list of cancellations that have been posted already:

• List of Iberia flights cancelled on March 5th
• List of Iberia flights cancelled on March 6th
• List of Iberia flights cancelled on March 7th
• List of Iberia flights cancelled on March 8th

Iberia has so far managed to re-accommodate 38,000 of the 40,000 passengers, with 1,300 flights cancelled this week. The services that are running are under Spanish government minimum guarantees so that 85 percent of long-haul flights, 62 percent of medium-haul and 47 percent of domestic flights are will operate.

However, there is a threat brewing from the side. As most of you are aware, Iberia and British Airways merged to create International Airlines Group. Some members of Unite (a British Trade Union) who are employed British Airways are planning to stage a demonstration outside IAG offices on Wednesday. Hopefully the strikes will not spread between the two airlines (as British Airways had some major issues a few years ago with long and on-going strikes), but you never know.

There is another Iberia strike due to commence on the 18th March, again to run for 5 days until 22nd March, with a threat of strikes over the Easter period too.

Expect more trouble down the line – especially if the British Unions begin to take a stand…