Air travellers were worst hit by the strike, with an estimated two-thirds of all flights to and from Spanish airports disrupted. British holidaymakers were among those stranded at airports across mainland Spain and the islands of Majorca, Ibiza and the Canary Islands.
Travellers have been forced to camp at airports until normal services resume when strike action ends at midnight tonight.
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Riots across Europe fuelled by economic crisisRyanair cancelled all its internal flights and most of its international flights, while Easyjet grounded half of its flights through Spain.
British Airways and Iberia warned of delays and said flights were likely to be cancelled at short notice. An estimated 30 per cent of flights only were expected to operate.
Bus and train services were drastically reduced in Spain's main cities as protesters targeted transport hubs to complain at cuts in public sector pay and labour reforms that have made it cheaper and easier to dismiss workers.
Long queues were seen at bus stops in the capital as those commuters choosing not to strike battled to get to work using reduced transport services. Eighty percent of Spain's high-speed train trips were canceled, all mid-distance were scrapped and only 25 percent of commuter trains were running.
Taxi drivers went on strike across the country, with 90 per cent observing the stoppage in Barcelona alone.
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