British Airways: cabin crew strike - latest information
Unite, the trade union that represents the majority of British Airways (BA) cabin crew, has announced its intention to take strike action on the following dates:
- 20, 21 and 22 March 2010
- 27, 28, 29 and 30 March 2010
At the moment all of our flights are continuing to operate as normal.
If a strike does go ahead, we are intending to operate a range of flights.
Not all our flights will be cancelled.
We are currently finalising our flight schedules for the strike period and have temporarily stopped selling seats on all flights operating on the strike dates.
We will finalise these schedules in the next few days and further information will be posted here as soon as it is available.
The most up to date information is given below and at this stage our call centre agents will not have any additional information regarding which flights are operating during the strike period.
The rest of this page provides information on:-
- the planning of our flight schedule for the strike period
- the cancellation, refund and rebooking options available to you if you are affected
- updating your details in case we need to contact you
Our flight schedule plans for proposed strike dates
The tables below give details of our anticipated operations for the proposed strike period.
Subsidiary, franchise, codeshare and alliance flights operating normally
| Carrier | Flight number range |
|---|---|
| Loganair | BA 4000 to BA 4199 |
| LAN Airlines | BA 4300 to BA 4309 |
| Malev | BA 4450 to BA 4499 |
| Cathay Pacific | BA 4550 to BA 4599 |
| Japan Airlines | BA 4600 to BA 4649 |
| American Airlines | BA 5000 to BA 5699 |
| Aer Lingus | BA 5700 to BA 5999 |
| Finnair | BA 6000 to BA 6099 |
| Flybe | BA 6100 to BA 6199 |
| Comair | BA 6200 to BA 6449 |
| OpenSkies | BA 7000 to BA 7039 |
| Meridiana Fly | BA 7040 to BA 7049 |
| Iberia | BA 7050 to BA 7299 |
| Qantas | BA 7300 to BA 7499 |
| Various | BA 7500 to BA 7599 |
| Sun-Air of Scandinavia A/S | BA 8200 to BA 8299 |
| BA CityFlyer | BA 8450 to BA 8769 |
BA flights to / from London City
| Routes | Flight number range | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Between London City and New York (JFK) | BA 0001 to BA 0004 | These flights will operate normally and any changes to bookings on these flights are subject to the original fare rules |
| Various | BA 8450 to BA 8497
BA 8700 to BA 8769 |
BA CityFlyer flights will operate normally |
BA flights to / from London Heathrow (Terminals 3 and 5)
| Routes | Flight number range | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Between London Heathrow and Outside Europe | BA 0005 to BA 0299 | Some flights will operate normally.
Some flights will operate using British Airways aircraft providing a different style of onboard service. More details Other flights will be cancelled. |
| Between London Heathrow and the rest of the UK and Europe | BA 0300 - BA 0999
BA 1300 - BA 1499 |
Some flights will operate normally.
Some flights will operate using BA approved chartered aircraft providing a different style of onboard service. More details Other flights will be cancelled. |
| Flights operated by our franchise, codeshare or alliance partners are unaffected. See top table.
Exact details of our flying schedule during the strike period are liable to change at short notice |
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BA flights to / from London Gatwick
| Routes | Flight number range | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Between London Gatwick and outside Europe | BA 2000 to BA 2299 | All flights will operate normally and any changes to bookings on these flights are subject to the original fare rules. |
| Between London Gatwick and the rest of the UK and Europe | BA 2300 to BA 2999
BA 7950 to BA 8199 |
Some flights will operate normally.
Other flights will be cancelled. |
| Flights operated by our franchise, codeshare or alliance partners are unaffected. See top table.
Exact details of our flying schedule during the strike period are liable to change at short notice. |
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Rebooking and refund options for strike dates
All flights to and from London City and all longhaul flights to and from London Gatwick will continue to operate normally and any changes to bookings on these flights are subject to the original fare rules.
For all other flights, until we finalise our flying schedule, if you are booked to travel between 19 and 31 March 2010, you have the choice of rebooking or cancelling and obtaining a refund.