https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Low-cost Spanish airline Vueling cancelled 58 flights on Monday as cabin crew continued their stoppages over pay and work conditions, strikes which are expected to continue until after Christmas. https://www.thelocal.es/20221107/spains-vueling-cancels-58-flights-as-second-week-of-strikes-begins Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:38:08 +0100 spains-vueling-cancels-58-flights-as-second-week-of-strikes-begins Vueling was forced to cancel 54 flights on Monday as staff carried out the first of many strike days scheduled until after Christmas, with the country's transport ministry estimating a total of 3.2 million passengers could be affected. https://www.thelocal.es/20221102/vueling-cancels-54-flights-in-spain-on-first-strike-day Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:38:48 +0100 vueling-cancels-54-flights-in-spain-on-first-strike-day Cabin crew belonging to Spain’s low-cost airline Vueling have called for strikes from November until after Christmas, while more walkouts have been announced by Ryanair staff as well following a summer of travel disruptions. https://www.thelocal.es/20221025/spain-strike-woes-continue-for-low-cost-airlines-vueling-and-ryanair Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:00:24 +0200 spain-strike-woes-continue-for-low-cost-airlines-vueling-and-ryanair Low-cost airline Vueling have been forced to cancel hundreds of flights to and from airports across Spain this week after its pilots stage a 24-hour strike. https://www.thelocal.es/20180502/travel-chaos-for-vueling-passengers-as-hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-pilot-strike Wed, 02 May 2018 12:49:53 +0200 travel-chaos-for-vueling-passengers-as-hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-pilot-strike The battle is on in Barcelona, Spain's popular Mediterranean city where two airlines have started competing for passengers in the emerging trend of low-cost, long-haul flights. https://www.thelocal.es/20170604/barcelona-enters-battle-for-low-cost-long-haul-flights Sun, 04 Jun 2017 22:23:01 +0200 barcelona-enters-battle-for-low-cost-long-haul-flights In more bad news for travellers, pilots with Spanish airline Air Europa are set to strike in the coming weeks. https://www.thelocal.es/20160708/air-europa-to-strike-at-end-of-july Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:56:30 +0200 air-europa-to-strike-at-end-of-july Hundreds of passengers were left stranded on Tuesday following the sixth straight day of cancellations and major delays involving flights by Spanish budget airline Vueling. https://www.thelocal.es/20160705/spanish-budget-airline-vueling-cancels-66-flights Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:10:49 +0200 spanish-budget-airline-vueling-cancels-66-flights Air passengers travelling to and from France faced more disruption on Monday as the second day of a French air traffic controllers strike saw more flights cancelled and delayed. https://www.thelocal.es/20160321/flights-cancelled-in-spain-as-french-air-traffic-strike-continues Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:20:28 +0100 flights-cancelled-in-spain-as-french-air-traffic-strike-continues An Airbus 319 belonging to Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling caught fire while landing at Florence's Vespucci airport on Wednesday, sending passengers into a panic. https://www.thelocal.es/20140813/vueling-jet-catches-fire-while-landing-in-italy Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:49:00 +0200 vueling-jet-catches-fire-while-landing-in-italy International Airlines Group (IAG) is betting on its budget carrier Vueling instead of struggling national carrier Iberia to recapture the Spanish market as indicated by a giant order of new aircraft. https://www.thelocal.es/20130818/iag-bets-on-budget-carrier-to-lift-spanish-ops Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:34:31 +0200 iag-bets-on-budget-carrier-to-lift-spanish-ops A Spanish judge has ruled that the airline Vueling has to pay compensation to a passenger whose luggage was damaged by the carrier. https://www.thelocal.es/20130705/airline-forced-to-pay-out-in-damaged-bag-case Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:12:00 +0200 airline-forced-to-pay-out-in-damaged-bag-case Shares in Spanish budget carrier Vueling surged on Friday after its board unanimously rejected a full takeover bid by Britain's International Airlines Group as being too cheap. https://www.thelocal.es/20130308/vueling-stocks-soar-as-iag-takeover-flops Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:49:00 +0100 vueling-stocks-soar-as-iag-takeover-flops