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AENA could face 100 mln compensation bill

Tue 19th Jul 2011

Hundreds of passengers affected by the wildcat strike by Spanish air traffic controllers over the bank holiday weekend last December, saw their case finally brought to court in Madrid yesterday.

Luis Vericat, a Lawyer representing the group, said how each of the passengers caught up in the disruption was claiming a compensation of 10'000 euros for the disruption and inconvenience caused when Spanish airspace was closed. A state of alert was subsequently declared and the government eventually passed control of the airports over to the Military, however it took a number of days for normality to return.

The case begins by hearing the evidence of sixteen of the air traffic controllers who were amongst those who took place in the action by calling in sick, which caused the disruption; four had their evidence heard in court in Madrid on Monday with others due to testify over the coming days.

The President of UCSA, Camilo Cela, who represents the majority of the air traffic controllers, is due to appear in court later today.

If the court rules in favour of the passengers AENA could potentially be faced with bill reaching 100 Million euros.

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