BA counts strike cost

BTN News
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
UK carrier British Airways' cabin crew on Sunday began another five-day strike, with the airline claiming the action was increasingly ineffective and - on the opposite side - the cabin crew's Unite union blaming BA management for failing to settle the dispute.

Unite has threatened that this week's stoppage will be followed by another, beginning on 5 June.

A BA spokesman said that more than 70 per cent of this week's long-haul flights would run as normal, compared with 60 per cent during last week's strike.

Fifty-five per cent of short-haul flights would operate, slightly ahead of last week's 50 per cent.

BA said overall, it planned to fly 65,000 customers between Sunday and Thursday and that the strikes have cost it GBP84 million.

BA counts strike cost

BTN News
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
UK carrier British Airways' cabin crew on Sunday began another five-day strike, with the airline claiming the action was increasingly ineffective and - on the opposite side - the cabin crew's Unite union blaming BA management for failing to settle the dispute.

Unite has threatened that this week's stoppage will be followed by another, beginning on 5 June.

A BA spokesman said that more than 70 per cent of this week's long-haul flights would run as normal, compared with 60 per cent during last week's strike.

Fifty-five per cent of short-haul flights would operate, slightly ahead of last week's 50 per cent.

BA said overall, it planned to fly 65,000 customers between Sunday and Thursday and that the strikes have cost it GBP84 million.