Strike: British Airways assures
customers of uninterrupted flight
British Airways (BA) said on Thursday
that it would fly all its passengers to their destinations during a
72-hour pay strike by some cabin crew staff.
In a statement in London, BA urged its
passengers to be calm during the strike, which began on Thursday,
Jan. 19.
“Our flight programme is running as
planned and we are going to fly all customers to their destinations,”
BA said.
The strike is being staged by BA’s
“mixed fleet” cabin crew, who make up around 15 per cent of the
airline’s total cabin staff.
The cabin crew, represented by the
Unite Union, has poorer terms and conditions than some longer-serving
staff, who rejected a pay offer shortly before Christmas.
They had staged a 48-hour strike
earlier this month.
BA, owned by International Airlines
Group, said a small number of its short-haul flights from Heathrow
would be merged resulting in one per cent of its total schedule being
canceled over the three day period.
All BA’s long-haul services to and
from Heathrow, Britain and Europe’s busiest airport, plus its
flights to and from London’s Gatwick airport and London City will
all operate as normal, the airline said.
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