Holidaymakers face a weekend of travel chaos as airline staff at Europe’s busiest destinations go on strike.
Ryanair cabin crew in Spain resigned on Thursday and will go on strike again this weekend. It is likely to cause nuisance in Madrid, Malaga, Barcelona, Alicante, Seville, Palma, Valencia, Girona and Santiago de Compostela and Ibiza.
EasyJet crew in Spain will also be on strike for 9 days from Friday.
It comes after Ryanair staff in Belgium, Portugal, France, Italy and Spain went on strike last weekend.
It is just the latest in a series of problems plaguing the airline industry. Figures from data company Cirium show that airlines have canceled 611 flights from their schedule for the week of July 1-7 in the past month.
Strikes weigh heavily on a sector already struggling with chronic staff shortages. A rapid increase in demand for international travel has not been met with sufficient staffing.