Spain travel warning as airport strike action planned for four months

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Holidaymakers have been warned to be aware of planned strike action in Spanish airports later on this year. Travel chaos is expected to continue after airport staff have voted in favour of industrial action taking place across 25 days from September to December.

The workers are protesting against low pay and working conditions as three of the main unions in Spain are in dispute with airport operator AENA, Chronicle Live reports.

The strikes are expected to impacts airport in Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante, Seville and Palma de Mallora.Anyone with a holiday booked to Spain later this year is urged to check their flights before travelling so they don't get caught out.The planned walk-out days are as follows:SeptemberDecemberStrike dates for October and November haven't been set yet, but it's anticipated that there will be seven in October and two in November.The strikes in December are have been set to maximise disruption over the Christmas and New Year period, with a further six days of strike action planned in addition to the dates above - though these dates are not yet known.According to Ryanair, passengers shouldn't expect much disruption to their travel plans.A spokesperson told Chronicle Live: "These two tiny unions who represent only a handful of our Spanish cabin crew have held a number of poorly supported 'strikes' in June and July which have had little or no impact on Ryanair’s flights to or from Spain."In July alone Ryanair operated over 3,000 daily flights and carried a record 16.8m passengers – many of them to/from Spain."Ryanair expects that these latest threatened strikes, which involve only a handful of our Spanish cabin crew, will have zero impact on our Spanish flights or schedules in August or