September airport strikes announced

Walkouts will also be staged at Barcelona, Malaga, Palma and Alicante airports next month - while the Workers’ Commission Union said easyJet and Vueling passengers would be most affected by the strikes.

Union bosses blamed the action on a decision by handling firm Menzies Aviation Iberica to postpone a collective bargaining agreement after ongoing negotiations.

In June, an air-traffic controllers’ strike in Spain went under the radar - after it had been expected to cause sheer chaos for holidaymakers.

Most controllers were ordered to work after the Spanish government imposed a 70 per cent minimum service.

June’s strikes - which were the first since 1989 - were a protest against a decision to reprimand 61 controllers who shut down Barcelona’s airspace back in 2010.