11 May 2010

British Airways cabins crew to stage new strikes

UPDATE (20 May 2010): Unite the union today (20th May) confirmed that cabin crew would go on strike for five days from Monday May 24, as previously notified.
Joint general secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley said today: “
British Airways management now has a chance over the next three days to address our outstanding concerns and seize the possibility for industrial peace.  We hope it has the wisdom to do so.  Failing that, cabin crew will once more be taking industrial action with our full support.” [src.]

UPDATE (18 May 2010): Britain's High Court has approved British Airways’ injunction against a 20-day walk-put by its cabin crew members. BA said that flights over the next few days will still be disrupted because it is too late to unwind contingency plans already put in place. Visit ba.com for more info!


British Airways cabin crew are planing to strike from
  • 18 May - 22 May 2010 British Airways is planing to operate all flights to and from London City and London Gatwick. (last updated 15 May 2010)
  • 24 May - 28 May 2010 British Airways is planing to operate all flights to and from London City and London Gatwick. At Heathrow BA is planing to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of flights to every destination across our shorthaul network. (last updated 15 May 2010)
  • 30 May - 02 June 2010 British Airways is planing to operate all flights to and from London City and London Gatwick. At Heathrow BA is planing to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of flights to every destination across our shorthaul network. (last updated 15 May 2010)
  • 05 June - 09 June 2010 British Airways is planing to operate all flights to and from London City and London Gatwick. At Heathrow BA is planing to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of flights to every destination across our shorthaul network. (last updated 15 May 2010)
The announcement by Unite, the trade union for British Airways (BA) cabin crew, came after workers overwhelmingly rejected a BA offer aimed at heading off new action.

In the event that cancellations are made due to strike action you will be able to:
Rebook onto another
British Airways flight to the same destination within 355 days of the original date of travel
OR
Rebook onto another
British Airways flight to/from the nearest alternative airport  (for example, if booked to/from Boston you could rebook to/from Philadelphia or New York)
OR
Rebook onto an agreed alternative airline, subject to availability.
OR
Cancel your booking and get a refund.

All rebooking options will be subject to availability. Pls visit the website of
British Airways for more info!

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