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British Airways cabin crew starts strike
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March 20, 2010, Saturday
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BRITISH Airways cabin crew started strike this morning that will cause severe disruptions to flights for the next three days.
BA said that 65 percent of passengers would still be able to reach their destination during the first three-day strike, even though a total of 1,100 BA flights out of the 1,950 scheduled to operate would be canceled.
At Heathrow, more than 60 percent of long-haul flights will operate, thought only 30 percent of short-haul flights are expected to do so, with the help of aircraft leased from rival airlines, BA said.
At Gatwick, all long-haul flights and more than half of short-haul flights are expected to operate as normal, it said.
But uncertainty still exists about just how many BA crew will go on strike after BA said any staff who took part in strike action would lose perks, including heavily-discounted travel fares.
BA said that it is confident it can handle 49,000 passengers on each of today and tomorrow, compared with around 75,000 on a normal weekend day in March.
The talks between BA and the Unite Union, which represents the cabin crew, collapsed yesterday. A further four days of strike are set to begin on March 27. Cabin crew is striking over pay and working conditions.
BA said that 65 percent of passengers would still be able to reach their destination during the first three-day strike, even though a total of 1,100 BA flights out of the 1,950 scheduled to operate would be canceled.
At Heathrow, more than 60 percent of long-haul flights will operate, thought only 30 percent of short-haul flights are expected to do so, with the help of aircraft leased from rival airlines, BA said.
At Gatwick, all long-haul flights and more than half of short-haul flights are expected to operate as normal, it said.
But uncertainty still exists about just how many BA crew will go on strike after BA said any staff who took part in strike action would lose perks, including heavily-discounted travel fares.
BA said that it is confident it can handle 49,000 passengers on each of today and tomorrow, compared with around 75,000 on a normal weekend day in March.
The talks between BA and the Unite Union, which represents the cabin crew, collapsed yesterday. A further four days of strike are set to begin on March 27. Cabin crew is striking over pay and working conditions.
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