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Airlines plan strike action
TRAVELLERS to Spain could face a turbulent time this summer with many Spanish airlines threatening industrial action over the holiday season. According to a report in a UK newspaper on Friday, May 12, Britons could face travel misery as over a dozen airlines are thinking about walking out.
The Spanish airline pilot union SEPLA are considering a series of strikes in a move that could affect lots of holidaymakers.
If SEPLA decides to go ahead with industrial action it could heavily impact many airlines including, Ryanair, easyJet, Vueling, Jet2 and Norwegian.
In addition, Iberia, Iberia Express, Air Nostrum, Air Europa, Swiftair, Plus Ultra, Eurowings and Evelop, are at high risk of being impacted.
SEPLA is concerned the cur rent strike action being taken is proving ineffectual, as Spanish legislation demands a minimum service even on strike days, which cancels out the impact of industrial action.
SEPLA announced new action on May 22, 23, 25, 26, 29 and 30. Also, on June 1 and 2 at all airports in Spain, and warned that more strikes will follow if agreement was not reached. UK travellers can also expect more delays at the airport if fewer staff are available to stamp their passports.
Demonstrators support squatters
HUNDREDS of demonstrators took to the streets of Barcelona following calls for two protests organised, both in favour, and against the occupation of two estates next to the Plaça de la Bonanova.
The focus of both the demonstration is on the buildings, known as ‘La Ruïna’ and ‘El Kubo’, which have been occupied for years by squatters.
According to a news source on Thurs day, May 11, tensions have escalated due to the election campaign in Barcelona, which has put these properties under the spotlight of the rightwing parties, along with calls from the company ‘Desokupa’.
Authorities in Barcelona have deployed nearly 400 Mossos d’Esquadra officers in the area, after the calls for the protests.
Supporters of the extrajudicial evic tion company Desokupa marched to Bonanova square to reach the squatted buildings, while a police cordon was set up to stop them.
The prooccupation demonstrators dressed in masks and black clothes protested on the other side of the police cordon, as the parameter was set up in order to stop both sides from clashing. Police helicopters were also flying in the area to monitor the situation.
DANGEROUS: Their visits have increased over the years.
Whale attacks
ATTACKS by pods of killer whales on boats sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar are becoming increasingly frequent.
This tension between killer whales and boats is creating a danger for crew members, as another attack was reported last weekend.
According to a news source on Sunday, May 11, two victims of the most recent attack, were sailing off the coast of Cadiz, when they were surprised by a pod of killer whales.
The two sailors named Pablo and Alfredo were in the waters off the town of Barbate in Cadiz when the whales started swimming around the boat and smashed into the hull several times.
This resulted in them breaking the rudder of the boat before they finally left.
The presence of killer whales on the Andalucian coast is quite common, as they visit the area at the beginning of the year.
But for the past four years, their visits have become an increasingly uncomfortable reality in the area.
Their arrival in the area also coincides with the almadraba season, which is the local name for fish traps used to catch bluefin tuna off the coast of Cadiz for thousands of years.
