Update on planned BA strike
London - British Airways has announced that is does have contingency plans in place that will allow it to run around 60% of its schedule during the first planned strike by cabin crew. It aims to carry at least 45,000 passengers daily during the first scheduled 3-day strike beginning on March 20. It is expected that 70% of its short-haul flights from its home base at London´s Heathrow Airport (LHR) will be affected with the remaining 30% being "subbed" out to other airlines and the airline is hoping to run 60% of its long-haul service from Heathrow.
BA´s long-haul flights from London Gatwick (LGW) airport are not expected to be affected at this time but more than half of the short-haul flights will be, whereas flights from London City (LCY) airport are currently not expected to be affected.
In total, of the 1,950 flights due to operate over the first 3 days of the strike it is estimated that 1,100 will be cancelled.
Plans for the second strike planned on 27 March have not been finalised.
British Airways Chairman, Willie Walsh, has reported that any passengers affected by cancelled flights will be able to re-book with other carriers at no extra charge - and the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has stepped in calling the industrial action "unjustified and deplorable".
Already reporting record losses for the last quarter of 2009 (US$75million) BA is under pressure to cut its costs, and it still continues to make these losses even now in 2010 and any strike action would be a significant cost for airline.
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