Wednesday, March 31, 2010

British Airways Will Fly Majority of Routes as Strike Concludes


March 30, 2010, 8:37 PM EDT

By Steve Rothwell

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc, Europe’s third-largest airline, will operate the “vast majority” of the carrier’s flights from its London Heathrow base today after a second walkout by cabin crew ended at midnight.

The carrier canceled hundreds of trips when flight attendants followed a three-day strike that began March 20 with a further four-day stoppage. British Airways faces the threat of further industrial action next month if it can’t forge a resolution to the dispute with 12,000 workers over pay and staffing levels.