Barcelona: Chaos by the cancellation of dozens of flights of Vueling – Management Journal

Several flights of the company recorded delays of up to several hours on Sunday, a day after the company lived a black day with 19 canceled flights, to destinations such as London , Paris, Rome and Algiers, and long delays on other routes.

at least three flights of the airline Vueling were canceled Sunday, after almost twenty cancellations on Saturday that caused disturbances at the airport of the Spanish city of Barcelona, ​​in the beginning of summer vacation.

Two departures from Barcelona, ​​one at Orly airport Paris and another to the Spanish city of Malaga, as well as flights between Malaga and Barcelona, ​​were canceled on Sunday for “operational reasons”, according to the website of the Spanish airline low cost.

several flights of the company recorded delays of up to several hours on Sunday, a day after the company lived a black day with 19 canceled flights, to destinations such as London, Paris, Rome and Algiers, and long delays on other routes.

According to the media, dozens of people crowded at the box office Vueling to try out on other flights at El Prat de Barcelona, ​​the headquarters of this airline created in 2004 and subsidiary of International Airlines Group ( IAG ), which also includes British Airways and Iberia.

The commercial director of Vueling , David Garcia white, quoted by the newspaper La Vanguardia, apologized and said the company is “geared to fix the current situation” without offering explanations of cancellations registered since Thursday.

for his part, the union representing the crew of Vueling, attributed the situation to “bad business practice” and poor planning of the summer season, its very ambitious judgment regarding the ability of the company.

the strike air traffic controllers in France, one of the main destinations of Vueling, and another from the utility company, Swissport services in Barcelona, ​​also have been identified as factors of difficulties.

This situation comes at a time that Spain, third tourist destination in the world, plans to increase its number of visitors, benefiting from travelers who avoid other destinations have become more dangerous because of attacks.

According to its annual management report, Vueling carried in 2015 about 24.8 million passengers -37% of them through the airport El Prat up 15% over the previous year.