Barajas Airport, Madrid.

Barajas Airport, Madrid. Image by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / CC BY 2.0

Air traffic controllers in Spain have scheduled four days of strike action on 8, 10, 12 and 14 June as a protest against disciplinary measures that were imposed on them after a spontaneous strike in 2010. When air traffic controllers walked out in the 2010 strike, the Spanish government had to issue a ‘state of alert’ across the country and bring in the army to take over air traffic control. The proposed strike will be held for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening over the four days, from 10am until 12pm and 6pm until 8pm. The move is expected to cause travel chaos for thousands of holidaymakers as Spain gears up for its peak holiday season. Last year, a record 65 million tourists visited Spain. Read more: thelocal.es