BA scrambles to limit strike impact
LONDON – British Airways hopes to operate more than half of its scheduled flights despite planned industrial action by cabin crew this month.
The airline is releasing details of a revised timetable for thousands of flights around the world.
Overall, up to half of long-haul flights could operate from Heathrow.
BA is also negotiating a number of deals with other carriers to lease planes and transfer passengers.
Willie Walsh, BA chief executive, said, "I don’t want to mislead people, we’re not going to be able to operate all of our schedule, that’s clear.
"It will be more than 50 percent but probably won’t be more than 70%."
Seven days of strikes are set to go ahead on March 20 and March 27, forcing tens of thousands of BA passengers to reorganise their travel plans.
BA is training non-cabin crew staff to take over cabin duties during the strikes.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown today called for the strikes to be called off, describing the action as "unjustified " and "deplorable".
Ian Jarrett
Have your say Cancel reply
Subscribe/Login to Travel Mole Newsletter
Travel Mole Newsletter is a subscriber only travel trade news publication. If you are receiving this message, simply enter your email address to sign in or register if you are not. In order to display the B2B travel content that meets your business needs, we need to know who are and what are your business needs. ITR is free to our subscribers.
































Global tourism exceeds 1.5 billion travelers announces UN-Tourism
Qatar Airways offers reduced timetable to over 60 destinations
WTTC global tourism reached record economic impact of 11 trillion in 2025
Hands In, UATP join forces for airline multi-card payments
Overseas travelers to the United States declined by 2.5% in 2025