STRIKERS at Spanish airline Iberia have clashed with baton-wielding police at Madrid-Barajas airport as they launched five days of industrial action against job cuts.
Thousands of strikers crowded outside Terminal Four on Monday and tried to force their way into the building chanting "Yes we can!" as they struggled to get past anti-riot police in helmets.
Police at first managed to push the protesters back, striking out with batons at some workers and detaining at least one man who was led away in handcuffs.
After several charges, however, police relented and the Iberia strikers poured through the doors into the terminal defending their strike, which led to hundreds of flight cancellations.
Iberia's cabin crew, ground staff and maintenance workers were striking from Monday to Friday in the first of a series of three five-day strikes to protest plans to axe 3800 jobs.
The flag carrier said it scrapped 415 flights across Spain and Europe for the week including 81 on Monday alone. The airline said it expected to operate 135 flights on Monday.
Workers also plan to strike from March 4-8 and again from March 18-22 to protest against the job cuts announced by International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns Iberia and British Airways.
Executives say the airline accumulated 850 million euros ($A1.1 billion) in losses between 2008 and September 2012.
The airline aims to cut its capacity by 15 per cent this year, eliminating some loss-making routes to Latin America and trimming its fleet by 25 aircraft, including five long-haul jets.
Iberia said there were no significant incidents during the first day of the strike action, with 85 per cent of passengers already put on other flights and the other 15 per cent reimbursed.
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