If you're due to catch a Mediterranean cruise in the next few days, you might want to check your airline tickets: a wildcat strike by Spanish Air Traffic Controllers has left Spain's airports in chaos and resulted in numerous flight cancellations.
While the BBC was reporting at 8:40am PST Saturday that the air traffic controllers had agreed to return to work, Spanish Ministers warned the disruptions could continue for the next two days. Indeed, most carriers have canceled flights into or out of Spain until at least Sunday.
The strike, which began yesterday in Madrid and spread across the country, has affected roughly 250,000 people. As with any air travel-related strike, it hasn't taken long for the situation to reach critical proportions. The Spanish government imposed a state of alert, ordering the controllers back to work under threat of possible arrest if they failed to do so.
Not only have their actions not endeared them to any travelers scheduled to travel through Spain, their own countrymen might find their actions tough to stomach: the BBC reports that in a country gripped by austerity measures, an air traffic controller in Spain can make upwards of 350,000 Euros per year.
So far, no scheduled cruises have been directly impacted by the strike. We will keep you up-to-date as more information becomes available.
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