Flight disruption for Spain flights

Air passengers travelling to and from Spain tomorrow have been warned to expect flight disruptions due to a general strike.

Air passengers travelling to and from Spain tomorrow have been warned to expect flight disruptions due to a general strike.

Aer Lingus said it planned to operate the "vast majority" of its scheduled flights but added that, due to air traffic limitations, it been forced to cancel the following flights.

The flights affected are: EI 048 Belfast to Malaga, EI 049 Malaga to Belfast, EI 882 Cork to Malaga, and EI 883 Malaga to Cork.

A total of 4,000 passengers are booked on Aer Lingus flights to Spain tomorrow, with the carrier due to operate 32 flights to and from Spain tomorrow.

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Earlier, an Aer Lingus spokesman had said: “We expect to be able to operate the majority of our flights in and out of Spain . . . we will update our customers via SMS and on aerlingus.com."

A spokesman for Ryanair said the carrier was monitoring the situation, but that at the moment Irish flights remained unaffected. He added flight information and updates were available on the airline's website.

The carrier has cancelled a number of flights leaving from other European airports for Spain tomorrow.

Train, bus and air traffic is expected to be severely limited in Spain tomorrow during the general strike, which has been called by unions to protest at high unemployment and changes to labour laws that will make it cheaper for companies to lay off employees.

The unions, which represent one in five Spanish workers, and the government agreed to retain minimum transport services for tomorrow, including only 20 per cent of flights between Spanish and other European airports.