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Strike Left Thousands of Passengers at the Airport in Barcelona

73 flights of the Spanish airline Iberia have been canceled in Barcelona due to the strike of the ground staff.

The call for the measure of strength was confirmed this Saturday by the General Workers Union (UGT), which denounced the lack of hiring to deal with the activity in the summer season.

Barcelona enters battle for low-cost, long-haul flights

The battle is on in Barcelona, Spain's popular Mediterranean city where two airlines have started competing for passengers in the emerging trend of low-cost, long-haul flights.

The first flight operated by Level -- a new carrier created by IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Spain's Iberia -- took off on June 1 from El Prat airport for Los Angeles.