Travel warning to Brits as strikes cause chaos at Spain's biggest airport

Britons heading to Spain were in for a nightmare of travel chaos as staff at the country's biggest airport went on strike.

Passengers braced for delayed and missed flights as they were advised to arrive at the airport early to avoid disappointment.

The strike action at Adolfo Suarez Madri-Barajas airport is 'indefinite and full-time', say unions.

Passenger control staff began the industrial action following a dispute with the private company that runs the security lanes over working conditions.

With around 800 employed at the airport, they say the amount of work they have to do 'far exceeds' that at other Spanish airports.

Shocking images shared to social media show the airport flooded with chaos as passengers wait in endless ques.

It has also been reported queues for passport control have seem some tourists left stranded.

And this morning the wait to get through security was reported to be around over an hour and a half.

Britons heading to Spain are in for a nightmare of travel chaos as staff at the country's biggest airport went on strike

Passengers braced for delayed and cancelled flights as they have been advised to arrive at the airport early to avoid disappointment

Shocking images shared to social media show the airport flooded with chaos as passengers wait in endless ques

Another joked: 'Seen this before - one strike and the whole airport equilibrium collapses.'

One traveller posted on X: 'There was a detour to take the bus to the airport, they changed the stop.

'I arrive at Barajas and there is a three-block queue for security control due to a strike.'

Another frustrated tourist said: 'When I talk about kilometre-long queues to get though security checks at Terminal 4, I'm not exaggerating,'

 State-owned airport authority AENA commented on X: 'Due to the strike called by Trablisa security staff at Madrid-Barajas Airport, security check times may be longer than usual.

'We apologise for any inconvenience caused.'

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