ALERT: UK- British Airways Strike (June 28, 2017)

June 28, 2017

In preparation for an upcoming cabin crew strike, British Airways has started cancelling some flights in July. Only Heathrow airport is expected to be affected.

British Airways released a statement about the strike:

All British Airways customers will be able to fly to their destinations, despite further proposed industrial action by Mixed Fleet Unite between Saturday 1 July and Sunday 16 July (inclusive).

The union represents one of our five cabin crew fleets.

We recognise the uncertainty that Mixed Fleet Unite’s threat is causing and would like to reassure customers that the vast majority of our services will be unaffected.

We can already confirm the following details:

All flights to and from London Gatwick, London City and Stansted will operate as normal as will our recently launched weekend only Mediterranean services to and from Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester.

The vast majority of flights to and from London Heathrow will operate as normal.

The Sun reports:

The airline has managed to limit the cancellations to just a number of flights that depart from Heathrow, while operating a full schedule at Gatwick and London City airports.

But some Heathrow flights are being merged.

Passengers who are being affected by the cancellations are being contacted by BA and rebooked on separate flights.

A BA spokesperson told Sun Online: “Once again we will be able to fly all customers to their destinations, despite industrial action by Mixed Fleet Unite.

“We will operate a full schedule at Gatwick and London City airports as well as the vast majority of our Heathrow schedule.”

They added: “We will merge a very small number of Heathrow services, and all affected customers are being contacted in advance and will be rebooked to alternative flights.”

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