Brits flying with Jet2 and easyJet may be affected.
08:15, Fri, Mar 27, 2026 Updated: 08:36, Fri, Mar 27, 2026
The strike begins today (Image: Getty)
Brits preparing to head to the Canary Islands over the Easter period may face heavy travel disruption, as airport ground handling staff are to join industrial action. Check-in, baggage handling, and aircraft assistance staff are going on strike from March 27 after talks between unions and employers failed.
Workers from Groundforce and Menzies Aviation are due to take action, which will affect airlines including easyJet, Jet2, and Aer Lingus. Unions accuse employers of "breaches of pay and working conditions" and are calling on over 1,500 employees across the islands to go on strike.
Over 1,500 employees could go on strike. (Image: Getty)
Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) said there will be "two parallel strikes" with no known end date as yet.
Groundforce strikes begin today at airports in Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote and will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Staff will walk out three times a day: in the early morning, midday, and late evening, meaning they'll stop working between 5am and 7am, 11am and 5pm, and 10pm until 12am.
Unions said the company failed to correctly introduce a wage protection clause and should be paying staff an extra 7.82% as opposed to the actual increase of 4.58%.
Menzies Aviation strikes affect staff at Tenerife North and South airports, and Gran Canaria. All-day walkouts are planned for March 28 and 29, and April 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
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Unions said employees had to deal with unpaid wages, payroll errors, poor shift planning, and unpaid overtime.
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