AEA: Airlines infuriated by Spanish airspace closure

08-Dec-2010 Carriers helpless as ‘calculated act’ by controllers brings passenger misery The Association of European Airlines, which brings together 35 of Europe’s most important network carriers, has roundly condemned the circumstances which caused the paralysis of air traffic within, to and from Spain last week, as air traffic controllers walked off the job without warning, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded over a busy holiday period.