British Airways Strike Leads To Cancellation of Thousands of Tickets
March 20, 2010 | Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines Companies, Airlines News, Airports, Aviation, British Airways
Thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled on Saturday following the launch of a strike by British Airways cabin crew.
It is first such strike in 13 years. fter talks over cost cutting between the airline and union Unite, which represents cabin crew, collapsed on Friday, the troubled airline said it hoped to keep flights running for up to 49,000 passengers on both Saturday and Sunday.
Unite said that its 12,000 members were supporting the three day walkout.
At Heathrow, which is the worst affected airport, screens were set up to protect the identities of BA staff who defied the strike.
BA said it expected 60 percent of its long-haul services and 30 percent short-haul services from Heathrow would be running over the weekend while short-haul flights from Gatwick would be halved.
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