MALLORCA TODAY - A great year now that the airport strikes are off

José Blanco, the Spanish minister of development (whose job includes transport), says that the country can look forward to a great year for tourism now that the threat of strikes at Spanish airports this Easter and summer has been lifted. Airport workers yesterday ratified the agreement that the unions and the airports authority, AENA, had come to last week.

MALLORCA TODAY - Airport workers announce 22 days of strikes

The airport-workers' unions have announced that, in protest against the part privatisation of the AENA airports authority, they plan to strike on 22 days. These are 20, 21, 24, 25 and 30 April; 2, 14, 15, 19 and 20 May; 13, 23 and 30 June; 1, 2, 3, 4, 15 and 31 July; 1, 15 and 31 August. AENA is maintaining negotiations with the unions, and a meeting is planned to take place this coming Thursday.