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(REUTERS) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -
Frustrated passengers smashed ticket counters and threw objects at airline staff at Argentina's main airport after the country's flagship airline cancelled international flights for a second day.
Television images showed damaaged ticket counters and broken glass in the main hall of the Aerolinas Argentias terminal, where passengerrs angry by delays caused by a baggage handlers strike and a walkout by ticket counter workers shouted down an Aerolinas Argentinas employee and threw objects at him.
The strike for higher wages had sparked delays at the airpot ina Buenos Aires suburb since Friday. Several thousand passengers were stranded when Aerolinas Argentinas cancelled its flights abroad, according to local media. Phone calls to the airline and airport company went unaswered on Saturday.
Aerolinas Argentinas is 95 percent controlled by Spain's Marsans, with the remainder held by the Argentine state.
Frustrated passengers smashed ticket counters and threw objects at airline staff at Argentina's main airport after the country's flagship airline cancelled international flights for a second day.
Television images showed damaaged ticket counters and broken glass in the main hall of the Aerolinas Argentias terminal, where passengerrs angry by delays caused by a baggage handlers strike and a walkout by ticket counter workers shouted down an Aerolinas Argentinas employee and threw objects at him.
The strike for higher wages had sparked delays at the airpot ina Buenos Aires suburb since Friday. Several thousand passengers were stranded when Aerolinas Argentinas cancelled its flights abroad, according to local media. Phone calls to the airline and airport company went unaswered on Saturday.
Aerolinas Argentinas is 95 percent controlled by Spain's Marsans, with the remainder held by the Argentine state.