MADRID, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Spanish air traffic controllers are beginning to return to work following a wildcat strike, an airports authority spokesman said on Saturday.
"The controllers are returning to work and nearly half of the airspace sectors are open," the AENA spokesman told Reuters.
Earlier Spain's Socialist government declared a state of emergency and said those controllers who did not return to work would be breaking the law.
But the disruption is set to continue. Spanish carrier
Iberia
The army took over air control towers on Friday afternoon after the walkout by controllers quickly stopped flights in and out of Spain's main airports, disrupting travel for around 250,000 people on one of Spain's busiest holiday weekends. [ID:nLDE6B21VE]
(Reporting by Paul Day, Editing by Alexander Smith)