I appreciate this warning. We will be in Madrid on Sept. 29, but are due to fly home on the 30th. Is this one day strike expected to be over on the 30th? Will we be able to get a taxi to the airport and will the planes be taking off? Thanks for any information. I understand that no one has a crystal ball, but I'm not familiar with one day strikes.

Ifnotnow_when,

My opinion as a watcher of this and as someone who has had a background in 'action'.

This will be a one day strike as forecast and consistently advised.

Your taxi will move the following day. There is a possibility that due to delays caused by action of those sympathetic your flight may be delayed. No further commitment to comment on my part.

This is a general strike, this is not usual. I am glad you have the wit (and have used the term 'no one has a crystal ball') to perhaps be close to understanding, compared to many.

Best wishes.

My sister-in-law is flying home that day, She has already contacted a private transportation company to get her from Plaza Santa Ana to Barajas.

Thank you for the alert.

Adu, she may be at teh airport but she will have to wait with all the other passengers for a revised flight plan.

Just to let you know. Have changed booking to arrive the 28th September. If it doesn't go ahead I will still enjoy an extra day in Barcelona! Thanks again

Silly me extra day in Madrid! Trying to book accommodation in Barcelona at the moment so wasn't concentrating in above reply.

I also changed my travel plans. We were booked to fly from the US to Madrid on the 29th (arriving 7am on the 30th) but was afraid our flight would get cancelled and pushed our trip back one week.

There is now no doubt - http://www.expatica.com/es/news/span...-29_94587.html

It is so unfortunate that holidays have been disrupted due to this general strike ... but I also remember back in May, when Greece was having strikes due to economic cutbacks, and everyone was going tch tch those Greeks! So bad of them! Other countries don't act this way! And now... strikes in Spain, France, London ... next comes Italy and Ireland. I wonder if there will be as much finger-wagging as there was when Greeks protested.