Despite this, the rest of the day proceeded with relative normality, especially in the morning, when all the operations carried out by the air transport company were carried out "on time".
The spokesperson for the strike committee, León Fajardo, stated that despite the confirmation of the news that Binter will have its own handling service from October 1, and that there will be a transfer of workers from Iberia to Binter, they will not call off the strike until the 50 temporary workers that Iberia has on the Island join the ranks of Binter with permanent contracts.
Likewise, Fajardo warned that the situation that will be experienced in Guacimeta next Sunday will be even more delicate, since on that day a large number of Iberia flights operate practically in a row, so it is foreseeable that there will be delays much greater than those recorded yesterday.
Binter Handling
On the other hand, the general director of Binter Canarias, Andreas Blass, highlighted during the presentation of the new flights to Milan and Paris that the company will have its own handling from October 1, thus managing to "improve our service and innovate with our own resources". In this topic, he highlighted the importance of having reached an agreement that has allowed "unblocking" the situation.
Blass assured that "there will be a transfer", but they still do not have "final figures" of the number of Iberia workers who will become part of Binter's handling: "it will depend on the willingness of the workers", he said, recalling that "the transfer is voluntary". In any case, the Canarian company already has "trained and prepared people", who will be part of this service together with the workers who are transferred, with the intention of "improving the service and simplifying it" in the airports of the Islands.
Finally, Andreas Blass regretted that the different delegations that have tried to enter El Aaiún through the flights offered by the company have not achieved their objective. "We regret that they are not allowed to enter and we hope that this problem can be resolved", he said without wanting to enter into political issues, although he pointed out that the same delegations that criticize the company for operating these flights, "at the same time, use them to go to El Aaiún".
Blass stressed that for Binter it is not a political issue, but "a commercial operation necessary for the Canary Islands", for which the company has "all the relevant permits" required by the Spanish aeronautical authorities. "The flights are perfectly legal", he said, highlighting that the fact of not letting the different delegations enter "causes operational problems" to Binter, since they have to return to the Islands with the members of the delegations even if the places were sold.
