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United Kingdom, air rage offenders can now face up to five years behind bars after the law was tightened through a new Aviation Offences Act. Air rage attacks by binge drinking Britons soar as assaults on cabin crews double,
Heathrow Express balloting
BASSA British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association representing14,000 cabin crew (part of Unite)
represents cabin crew. 27,000 of BA's 40,000 employees.
GMB unions.
British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa)
What to expect for a French General Strike
British Airways, a so called travel guide!(Reminder, BAA owns 6 British airports, Heathrow, Stansted, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton, all will be affected by a strike)
That darn volcanic cloud, follow along with Eurocontrol
7/16 British airport workers being balloted, results of any industrial action due in August 12. Firefighters are in this ballot. Above British Airports will be closed if they strike.
British Airways has flown in more than 100 workers from the US to work as cabin crew in a bid to smash the strike at the airline.
7/13 BA boss Willie Walsh heckled at AGM over strike claims guardian.co.uk
5/26 BA going to court again to stop this strike.
5/23 In and out of court. New BA strike, dates, starting midnight tonight.
Monday, May 24-29th
Sunday, May sun30-June 4th
Saturday, June 5th to June 9th
5/15 New British government will act as mediators.
5/14 BA looking for court injunction against strike.
British Airways, London, Heathrow
10, May, 2010 BA strike dates are in. Four, five day strikes.
May, Tuesday, 18 to22
Monday, 24 to 28, May
Sunday, 30 to June 3
June, 5 a Saturday to 9 June.
*UK spring bank holiday 31, May
British Airways will bring in a thousand volunteers again. Passenger numbers up for summer, expect cancellations again on some routes, last time Scotland, Spain.... Hurry, call your airline or book your Eurostar while you can or that rental car ASAP. Move it! Flying on another airline? Make sure you confirm that seat. Competitors can't believe their luck! Prices sky rocketed last time. Don't forget to use the coach companies, they will put on extra coaches. They also have been busy due to "The cloud".
Confirmation here at BA website
Are you using BA to get to Spain?
13, May, 2010 The main Spanish trade union, Comisiones Obreras, General Union of Workers (UGT) will launch a general strike of public employees. Wednesday, 2, June, 2010. Protests are planned 5/20. Heads up, UGT members include Spanish airport operators, air traffic contollers, firemen, maintenance technicians and administration. Spain has 47 airports. Still early yet, things change. We keep you infomed.
4/22 British Airways cabin crew, all 12,000 will take part in an online vote, over 5 days, to decide whether or not to accept latest deal. Unions full aware of the financial loss due to the volcano and the up and coming election beginning of May.
3/31/2010 Unite union has until April 8 to notify BA of further strike dates ie 4/15 was previously mentioned. BA claiming victory, cost airline £72 million.British Airways and Iberia missed their March 31 deadline to sign a definitive agreement to merge and have said they are close to completing the terms.
3/26/2010 Strike is on for the weekend. BA will run 75% of flights.
3/22/10 Day 3, 98% cabin crew at Gatwick came to work.
53% cabin crew at Heathrow came to work13.5% cabin crew per union were on strike.According to union flights have been leaving empty and airline was offering to pay for taxis for strike breakers and had told managers to dress as crew and make their presence felt in the car park. Full service will resume Tuesday till Saturday's next strike. See what British Airlines has to say for next week. 27-31 March.
3/20/10 Press banned form Heathrow Airport. Three out of five flights from London Heathrow to JFK, NY. Newark Liberty Airport are unaffected. El Al add extra flights. Singapore, Changi Airport reporting no delays with BA. Many cabin crew ignore strike.
3/19/10 Update:-union and management in talks today.
Update:-Strike is on, three days from Saturday, March 20 and four days from Saturday, March 27. Further action will take place after April 14 if the dispute is not resolved. The airline is currently finalizing its flight schedules for the strike period. Customers change travel plans to day before strike starts. Eurostar is near full with rugby fans, Six Nations international between France and England. Trains to Scotland full, Virgin Airways picking up the route. Travel by car to Stansted Airport and Gatwick will be busy. BA estimated loss so far £27 million 103,000. Ryanair coming to the rescue, with special deal for disgruntled BA passengers.
16, March, 2010, BA has cancelled all flights to Israel this weekend and will not resume until Tuesday. Aberdeen to Heathrow route cancelled. Food on planes will be cold only, vegetarians asked to bring own food and no kids meals. No inflight shopping or movies... Swapping Airbus A319 for smaller A321. They will squeeze you in, no problem. BA will rent a total of 22 jetliners. Warsaw fewer flights to London. All long hauls to NY will run. 50 percent of short-haul flights will be unaffected.
British Airways Strike, set three days from Saturday, March 20 and four days from March 27. Further strikes could take place after April 14. Should a strike take place, the airline said it planned to operate all its flights out of City airport as well as all long-haul services out of London's Gatwick and 50% of short-haul flights.
Out of London's Heathrow it would operate a "substantial" part of its long-haul and short-haul schedule.
10, March, Statement from Trade Union Congress (TUC), which regulated the talks, said: “Despite a prolonged period of negotiations it has not been possible to reach agreement between BA and Unite.”
March, 1, British Airways is currently running ghost flights to train ground staff as cabin crew. Could start at any time after March 18th. BA will lease 23 aircraft, with crew. Thousands of staff have offered to help. Sounds rosie!
British Airways Scandal: Sexy Stewardess Strip Pics Appear On Internet Costarica.com
One of our viewers asks "Is it safe to book with British Airways next summer after strike and financial problems"
If you are planning a huge investment in a long haul, then I'd think twice. Don't use Finnair either. Crews at Delta, Emirates, Srilanka Airways, Air Canada, seem happy lately... See our airline page, if they have a strike, industrial disputes, disruptions, we will cover it.
2/25/10 Of course they've voted for strike, union has one month to call it with 7 days notice for the public. Needless to say all BA passengers are on alert with good reason. Insurance companies have conveniently washed their hands and will not cover passengers who book with them from now on. BA has promised to re book or refund passengers. It gets worse, pilots union BALPA kicking up taking BA to Supreme Court in short over holiday pay.
Next ballot results due publicMonday 22 February, 2010
2/19/10 High court "BA was completely within its rights to trim the cabin crew team on its flights by one person." Union failed to try and overturn changes. Strike ballot due in Monday, March 1, strike could take effect. BA announces "We now have 1,000 pilots who are going to train as cabin crew and act as crew on the flights". Don't even think of booking American Airlines for a long haul this summer. Exact same situation as BA.
2/18/10 15 BA cabin crew were suspended from duty pending an investigation into alleged harassment carried out on social networking website Facebook. One of the disciplined crew members yesterday told Sky News that BA management had behaved like the “Gestapo”.
2/2/10 Today Unite union and BA back in court. Unite trying to get British High Court to deem the decision by BA to go from 15 to 14 flight attendants on long hauls illegal.
1/29/2010 Relationship between staff and management is not going well. Tension is intense. Threats flying high and fast and furious. March,1 is the rumour for strike date.
1/20/10 British Airways, new ballot results due in 2/22. Unite announced to families today that the union has no intention of striking over the Easter holidays and that families should go ahead with travel plans. Needless today Willie Walsh stirred up the mess by calling for strike breakers, scabs, ''volunteer cabin crew''. Pilots, baggage handlers and and check in staff may be trained in cabin crew duties. BA has also threatened cabin crew who strike, will loose their perks permanently and will review the standard of hotels that crew use for over nighters.
What's a BA perk? Depending on seniority, BA offers a free set of business class tickets annually along with discounts of up to 90 per cent on all routes. Standby only.
10, Jan, 2010 Update on British Airways cabin crew, re-balloting will start 22, Jan and continue for one month. Look for strike around March 1, 2010.
12/24/09 Unite will ballot workers, looks like industrial dispute will be in February, 2010. Safe to fly in January!
Union will ballot union members again. Fortunately union can't get organized till the new year. Don't get all warm and fuzzy here, 6,000 security, administrative and maintenance staff union, is threatening a strike for?
Thursday, 17, December, 09 Awaiting courts decision. It's in, deemed illegal! No strike.
BA union agreed to emergency talks.
14, December, 09 Strike vote in. 12 days, 22 December,to 2, January, 2010. See what BA has to say
11, December, 09 British Airways bracing for cabin crew strike. Willie Walsh has met with Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson, ballot results will be out next week, strike could start as early as December, 21.
16, November, 09 Unite union has issued strike ballot papers to 12,000 British Airways cabin staff.
12, November, 09 Shares in British Airways rose 7.6 percent in London on Thursday after rising 50 percent over the last year. Iberia shares rose 12 percent in Madrid after gaining 32 percent over the same period. from NY Times
7, November, 09 BA laying off 4,900 workers, that's another 1,200 than expected. Disastrous summer, losses of $485 million dollars in six months. On way to breaking last years loss of $666 million dollars. Revenue down 13.7 percent.
5, November, 09 British Airways cabin crew appealing to High Court to stop airline imposing new contracts on employees.
30, October, Unite applied for a High Court injunction to stop BA introducing new pay and conditions for its 14,000 cabin crew and prospective employees, which are due to be introduced on Nov. 16. Unite union will ballot cabin crew this Monday, 2, November. Looks like perfect storm is brewing for Christmas. Now 6,000 security, adminstrative and maintenance staff, have formally called for a strike ballot which will begin at the end of this month. Unite will have a 28-day period within which it can organise any action. They will miss Thanksgiving, but not the cabin crews if they choose to strike.
(Medical alert after series of passengers mysteriously faint mid-flight on their way to Britain
28, October, all parties in meetings today.
26, October Unite union will ballot 14,000 members who work as cabin crew at British Airways about whether to take strike action.
British Airways management, unions and ACAS will meet Wednesday. 14 October,09. Don't do it, don't book with them.
14, Oct, 09 Senators urge close scrutiny of Oneworld alliance between American Airlines, British Airways. dallasnews.com
Taking British Airways flight? Starting 7, October, 09 when you book your seat expect to pay. Long haul economy and short flights £10 per person to choose a seat. On long-haul economy or short flights in business class, charge will be £20, and £60 in business class on long-haul trips. (So much for promoting business across the pond)A seat in an emergency exit row will cost £50 and can be booked between 10 and four days before take-off. More and more like a discount airline.
7, October, 09 Unite union shocked at BA management! (Dah!)
Will hold emergency meeting today to discuss what action to take regarding strike action in the run-up to Christmas. Don't do it folks, don't book with them. Other airlines will do the job quiet happily for you with no repercussions. See our shaky airlines list.
6, OCTOBER, 09 British Airways management announced today it will cut the equivalent of 1,700 staff in the United Kingdom and is planning a two-year freeze on basic pay for cabin crew. No surprise.
14, September,09 140 cabin crew take voluntary redundancy out of 2,000.
September, 05, Strike threat (only) for this November (Thanksgiving is 26, November) and Christmas by unions.
26 August,09 Things are moving again, British Airways and union members will meet up again this Thursday after a two week cooling off period has passed. 90th birthday this week!
14 day cooling off period ends Thursday 13 August, 09?
A strike will cost 25 million pounds a day!
5 August, Hero BA pilot quits. Dailymail.uk.co
7/28/09 Oh boy, looking to merge up with American Airlines. Someone slap Mr Walsh in the head. AA at this moment is on a go slow. Isn't the idea to become a better airline? AA has no bucks. Along with this deal will be Iberia Airlines. Code sharing, air miles..
A strike would cost British Airways about 25 million pounds a day, per analyst Doug McNeil of Astaire Securities in London.
7/24/09 Talks between British Airways and union have broken down. Next, a14-day "cooling off" period, after which union will decide next month on holding strike ballots. July is safe! If the union mails out ballots, that means half of August will be safe...
Unite, representing cabin crew, registered a "failure to agree" after more than two weeks of talks at Acas. Unions representing other grades, including check-in staff and baggage handlers, are today set to announce similar action.
7/22/09 Spokesman for GMB union."We do not expect the talks to conclude until later in August."
7/17/09 Things are starting to move, Willie Walsh is starting to stir things up.
1. Open Skies is up for sale. Estimated Value £30-70 million, pounds that is.
2. Cutting back long hauls to Australia in the winter, Heathrow-Sydney from 2 flights a day, to one a day.
3. Airline could look at convertible bonds to raise what analysts believe will be about £300m.
4. Pilots chipping in £26 million.
5. Delayed merger with Qantas, but still looking to buy Spanish airline Iberia.
6. Raised £600 million in liquidity. Pension fund trustees agreed to make £330 million available. June 30, the airline had £1.25 billion of cash and general facilities of around £130 million.
7. Another 22 million pounds ($36.02 million) by cutting back in flight meal service for short-haul, 2-2 1/2hr flights. Economy passengers no sandwich or full meal for you, unless it's breakfast which will be served along with a plastic cup of water. Make sure you eat, before as no food will be sold on board. This is what differentiates them from a discount airline!
8. British Airways flights from Gatwick to New York, Alicante, Barcelona, Kraków, Madrid, Malta and Palma are being suspended indefinitely from October.
7/15/09 Baggage handlers and check in staff vote to not take pay cuts.
7/22/09 Now BA has upset the Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar. Nigerian, Foreign Affairs to investigate allegation of 'dehumanising and maltreatment' meted on the Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar and other Nigerians by British Airways, Ethiopian Airline and their immigration officials. In particular recent ill-treatment of the Sultan and his entourage. "The Sultan's offence was that he did not subject himself to the humiliation of scampering along with other passengers; ticket and boarding pass in hand, to queue at the boarding point. I wonder whether the British Airways can treat the Queen of England or the King of Saudi Arabia the way they treated the Sultan" Mind boggles. .allafrica.com
7/12/09 Analysts have suggested BA could be forced to tap the market for 500 million pounds ($810 million) unless passenger numbers recover soon to shore up the airline's balance sheet. BA told shareholders at the meeting it was confident it would not need to resort to a capital injection unless trading deteriorates significantly or the airline is hit by strike action this summer, the paper said.Observer.uk.co
As a layman, I wonder if bailout plans are ready and waiting, strike or no strike? Will Gordon Brown let them go belly up? Na. He has no spine. British tax payers seen docile. Is this what unions are planning on and get a pay raise out of it as well? "Fight for survival", my ... Chances are they are on a go-slow, work to rule already and we, the general public don't know about it.
As a passenger who needs to deal with this. Should you lay out a considerable lot of money and buy a ticket on a long haul with this company? Hate to say it, but try Emirates, no industrial action planned for them and they fly all over the world. Forget Air France, Lufthansa, American Airlines even Delta-KLM are all fishy.
11 July, 09 Unite, the union for British Airways cabin crew will consider a 2.6 percent pay cut and two year pay freeze, £220 million savings. Same deal as the pilots had. Unite sent a letter to BA's share holders whose annual meeting is next week stating BA is being opportunistic with the recession using it as an excuse to make wide sweeping cuts, bad management and risking the safety of 40,000 jobs.
However, last years loss of £401 million can't help things!
Regarding ACAS, no major break through's this week, talks to continue next week.
6 July, 2009 Monday, British Airways staff reject BA's offer. No to layoffs, pay cuts, job cuts, redundancies, pay freeze.... All parties will meet on Wednesday, that includes mediator ACAS. BA looking to hire new cabin crew at £11,000.
Perhaps a bit tardie, but BA delayed (not canceled) the order for 6 Airbus this week and delayed a further 5 Airbus delivery by two years.
1, July,09 British Airways never showed up for a meeting with Unite Union today. BA would like a two year pay freeze, fewer allowances, and benefits.3,000 redundancies among crew and administrative staff.
6/29/09 ACAS, now in place as conciliation service, mediator called for by BA.
7,000 BA employees have volunteered to take unpaid leave and 1,400 people have volunteered to work part-time.The airline said the actions by its staff will save it £10m.
Cabin crew members:-high likelihood of strikes and industrial action during the peak holiday period. BASSA union chiefs have called a mass meeting to be held at Kempton Park Racecourse on Monday July 6. It states:
6/22/09 British Airways has announced it is to launch a business class-only service from London City Airport to New York JFK despite the company's massive drop in profits. Launches on 29 September, will go on sale tomorrow. Check in just 15 minutes before departure. Dedicated departure gate with ‘lounge' facilities
Customs and immigration clearance at Shannon, Ireland, saving time on arrival at JFK airport. Don't forget, BA has "Openskies" with a similar service. See OpenSkies according to ETR
Joel Madden calls truce.dailyblabber.com
6/09 The co-owner of Virgin Atlantic warned ministers against stepping in to save the loss-making airline. "It would be better to wait for its demise," said Branson. Stocks fell.
Wednesday 17 June, 09 The pilots have accepted pay-cuts of around £4,000 a year, 78 voluntary redundancies, and cut-backs on allowances and perks, that together will lead to annual saving of £26million. dailymail.co.uk
Tuesday, 16 June 09, BA employees asked to donate time. Airports in England owned by BA may strike. BA looking to cut 4,000 jobs.
Sunday, 14 June, 09 BA union BALPA is asking British Airways pilots to take a £200 a week pay cut and accept 100 voluntary redundancies. BA pilots earn £25,000 to £150,000 a year with the average salary being about £100,000. Willie Walsh chief executive not taking a salary this month as with finance director Keith Williams.
11 June, 09 British Airways is paying its cabin crew and pilots up to twice as much as rival airlines, prompting the carrier to demand significant cuts from its staff of cabin crew by 2,000. The average salary for BA’s 14,000 cabin crew, including bonuses and allowances, is £29,900, compared with £14,400 at Virgin Atlantic and £20,200 at easyJet. BA’s pilots earn an average of £107,600, compared with £89,500 at Virgin and £71,400 at easyJet. Sir Richard Branson’s airline typically hires younger staff who are attracted by its fun image. EasyJet, the budget airline, pays its crew more on average than bmi, another low-cost airline, because it has been forced to after rapid growth in recent years.
British airways was in talks with unions today and on the table 32 cost saving measures including voluntary redundancy, cutting holidays by two days to 34 and reducing the allowances for overseas travel.
British Pilots will be balloted next week.
Unions willing to consider temporary cuts.
6 April, 2009 British Airways 13,500 cabin crew have the best compensation package and now it's under threat. British Airways has to cut costs by 82 million pound. Union, Unite discussing 32 points of cutbacks served up by BA.
1/23/09 It's official UK in recession. BA offering cabin crew 1% raise. First flight yesterday to Hyderabad, India.
Are you traveling to India? All Air India flight effected by ground handlers. Indefinite strike starting midnight new years eve. Will most certainly effect BA and Saudi Arabian airlines. Ground handlers will have mass casual leave January 9, 09 effects Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai International Airport. See our Air India page
12/15/08 Leaked document 'Project Columbus' turns out to be a document by British Airlines officials, to replace existing agreements and bring in performance-related pay for cabin crews. Complex and restrictive cabin crew agreements are creating a barrier to change and 'hamper efficiency'. Union shocked.
12/3/08 British Airways and Qantas in merger deal. Already pursuing a revenue-sharing deal with American Airlines and Spain’s Iberia SA, exploring a dual-listed company structure with Qantas.
18 Nov 08, British Airways pilots feel like Guinea Pigs and threaten to strike. Government wants airport employees and pilots to get an ID card or be denied access to airport and planes.
13 Nov.08 British Airways flights discontinued daily from Detroit to Heathrow.
10/30/08 British Airways' (BA) chief executive of "incompetence" over plans to axe its cabin crew base at Glasgow airport. .bbc.co.uk
10/21/08 British Airways (BA) is currently the worst national carrier in Europe for cancellations, it has been claimed. Ananova:
9/24/08 According to British Airways flights, at terminal five, check-in will take eight minutes and disembarking for flight connections will take 20 minutes. At the previous Terminal One and Terminal Four, the activities took hours. .bdafrica.com
9/19/08 British Airways was moving a large number of additional flights to Terminal 5 last night, as part of the gradual transfer of most of its operations to the £4.5bn showcase facility at Heathrow, its global hub.ft.com
9/19/08 British Airways and Virgin have declined to drop their fuel surcharges, despite oil prices falling by more than a third. telegraph.co.uk
Monday, 18 August 2008
The much-touted British Airways, American Airlines alliance now is not expected to be operational till next year.impactpub.com.au
Air rage attacks by binge Britons soar as assaults on cabin crews double
8/16/08 Millions of airline passengers could have their travel plans impacted by the chaos that would be caused by BA’s plan to lay off 1,400 senior staff on 31 December.asap.co.uk/
8/15/08 Airways is facing a possible labour action after it began to charge cabin crew for drinking water. news.carrentals.co.uk
8/14/08 BA, Iberia and AA strike alliance. ttglive.com
8/1/08 Airline to cut flights taking off from Aberdeen eveningexpress.co.uk
8/1/08 British Airways posts huge loss and blames rising fuel prices. iht
July 30,08 BA-Iberia merger would create biggest airline in Europe.timesonline
07/16/2008 PRICED OUT BY OIL
Cheap Airlines Are Losing Altitude
By Dinah Deckstein, Spiegelonlineinternational
14 July 08 Crew of British Airways Flight 038 receive medals. aircrewbuzz.com
5 July 08 Ireland Strike threatens to shut Derry airport.Forced to close on July 16 and 17 if workers walk out in a dispute over pay. belfasttelegraph.co.uk
5 July 08 British Airways and Virgin Atlantic passengers to claim millions
4 July 08 British Airways and Virgin Atlantic admitted colluding to fix the prices of fuel surcharges, supplementary fees added to tickets to compensate for rising fuel prices. businesstimesonline.
2 July 08 BA buys up French rival carrier bbcnews
6/26/08 Rumours of severe cost-cutting at BA has caused concern among the airline’s 14,000 cabin crew and wild rumours have surfaced including the possible outsourcing of the entire inflight workforce to a third party. business.timesonline.co.uk
6/10/08 Silverjet is coming back
5/30/08 BA's Paris-New York service opens for business mg.co.za
5/30/08 Every cloud has a silver lining. timesonline
5/19/08 BA In court today, UK pilots union will face off in the High Court on Monday over a threatened strike action in a case that may have far-reaching consequences on industrial disputes throughout Europe.
5/10/08 Ferrivial the Spanish company that owns BA has had to pay out 4000 million pounds to the cash strapped airline. With this the company hopes to motivate creditors over its huge 9 billion pound debt....Interest alone on this bill last year was £964m. That's it, it's going in the Shaky Airline Status.
5/9/08 BA Announced yesterday that the delayed next phase of British Airways move to Terminal 5 at Heathrow would take place on 5 June. Maybe this company should move to the Shaky Airline Status,
5/9/08 Boss Willie Walsh gets 700.000 pound bonus dailymail
5/7/08 Results are in from the T5 tebacle. timesonline
4/16/08 Boss refuses to quit.
4/15/08 Financially this airline took a huge hit. Shares may plundge, higher costs due to T5, business travel dropped, pilots threaten strike. New York-based securities firm downgraded the stock to ``underweight'' from ``equal-weight'' today and reduced its price target to 120 pence from 245 pence. That's a 51 percent cut and 44 percent below today's closing price of 215.5 pence. London-based British Airways opened the 4.3 billion-pound ($8.5 billion) Terminal 5 on March 27, sparking 12 days of canceled flights that may cost more than the 16 million pounds the carrier has estimated, Morgan said. Premium traffic fell 5 percent in March and the company is also contending with higher oil prices, new competition at Heathrow and a threatened pilot strike over plans to fly to the U.S. from Paris. stock has dropped 30 percent this year, cutting the company's market value to 2.48 billion pounds. Larger rivals Air France KLM-Group and Deutsche Lufthansa AG have declined 24 percent and 6.3 percent respectively. Net income will be about 155 million pounds in the year through next March, compared with a previous estimate of 403 million pounds.
4/14/08 April 30, another big day for the T5 operations, pilot unions are after the ba's head telegraph
4/6/08 With the price of fuel and the 16 billion dollar loss incurred this week. How are they going to recover?
4/6/08 43,000 employees foregoing an estimated £50m bonus pool. British Airways is also negotiating a potentially explosive employment dispute with its pilots. full article telegraph
3/31/08 BA working hard to tackle problems! BA
3/29/08 BA apologizes. inthenews
3/20/08 BA pilots talks break down travelcounsellors.co.uk
3/08/08 BA warns profits will be down next year due to move and fuel bills
2/15/08 Perhaps you are due for a refund BA was fined for price-fixing on fuel surcharges while Virgin also admitted breaching the law but escaped a fine. Did you travel 11 August 2004 and 23 March 2006 will be eligible for a refund.per bbc.com per bbc.com
2/12/08 BA pilots' strike threatens Easter holiday flights. If the pilots go on strike, it will be the first time they have taken action since 1980. Vote February 20 per dailymail.com
First class with British Airways set to benefit from the culinary skills of one of the UK's fastest-rising chefs. Gate Gourmet, the company responsible for preparing BA's first class menus, has enlisted the services of Steven Walpole to improve their in-flight offerings. As senior executive chef, he said he was looking forward to the challenges the job would provide: "designing appetizing and healthy meals in an industry that is not traditionally known for the quality of its food."
Walpole is not the first celebrity chef to add his culinary input to BA's menus, with the airline offering dishes created by the likes of Shaun Hill and Mark Edwards to club class passengers last year. per cheapflights.co
Friday, November 2, 2007 BA to scrap one bag check-in 'hassle'
Air passengers received some welcome news today as British Airways revealed it is planning to lift restrictions on hand luggage and bring to an end its one bag limit.
The airline says the move will 'go a long way in relieving the hassle factor of the one bag limit' and hopes to have it in place by Christmas.
The announcement was welcomed by airline consumer group Air Transport Users Council.
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British Airways cabin crew earn about £29,900 a year, compared with £20,200 at easyJet and £14,400 at Virgin Atlantic. Air India in same crisisHeads up, when Lufthansa went on strike recently hotels and rental cars became scarce across Europe, along with train tickets and hotel rooms. Book room at airport for just incase. You can always cancel it when you are at the airport. Strike could start anytime after March, 18.
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