British Airways cabin crew strike: some South Africa flights affected

According to the BA.com none of the scheduled Cape Town flights are affected, but the airline is asking passengers to constantly monitor the airline’s website for updated flight information. The following Johannesburg flights show currently (25 May 2010) as cancelled on BA.com:

• 26 May 2010: BA 0054 JNB-LHR
• 27 May 2010: BA0033 LHR-JNB
• 28 May 2010: BA0056 JNB-LHR
• 29 May 2010: BA 0034 JNB-LHR 

UPDATE (27 May 2010):
Cancelled flights to and from Johannesburg include:

• 30 May 2010 BA0034 JNB-LHR (and on 2, 3 June)
• 30 May 2010 BA0033 LHR-JNB (and on 1, 3 June)
• 30 May 2010 BA0055 LHR-JNB May 30

 All flights to and from Cape Town will operate as normal.

UPDATE (31 May 2010):
All flights into and out of London Gatwick and London City airports will operate normally.
All flights to and from London City and London Gatwick will continue to operate normally with a full onboard service.
Some flights to and from London Heathrow will operate with a slightly simplified onboard service.

BA passengers due to fly between 30 May to - 09 June 2010 should make use of the "flight checker" on BA.com to check if their flight is one of the services the airline intends to operate.

British Airways cabins crew to stage new strikes

UPDATE (20 May 2010): Unite the union today (20th May) confirmed that cabin crew would go on strike for five days from Monday May 24, as previously notified.
Joint general secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley said today: “British Airways management now has a chance over the next three days to address our outstanding concerns and seize the possibility for industrial peace.  We hope it has the wisdom to do so.  Failing that, cabin crew will once more be taking industrial action with our full support.” [src.]

UPDATE (18 May 2010): Britain's High Court has approved British Airways’ injunction against a 20-day walk-put by its cabin crew members. BA said that flights over the next few days will still be disrupted because it is too late to unwind contingency plans already put in place. Visit ba.com for more info!


British Airways cabin crew are planing to strike from

• 18 May - 22 May 2010 British Airways is planing to operate all flights to and from London City and London Gatwick. (last updated 15 May 2010)
• 24 May - 28 May 2010 British Airways is planing to operate all flights to and from London City and London Gatwick. At Heathrow BA is planing to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of flights to every destination across our shorthaul network. (last updated 15 May 2010)
  
• 30 May - 02 June 2010 British Airways is planing to operate all flights to and from London City and London Gatwick. At Heathrow BA is planing to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of flights to every destination across our shorthaul network. (last updated 15 May 2010)
• 05 June - 09 June 2010 British Airways is planing to operate all flights to and from London City and London Gatwick. At Heathrow BA is planing to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of flights to every destination across our shorthaul network. (last updated 15 May 2010)
  

The announcement by Unite, the trade union for British Airways (BA) cabin crew, came after workers overwhelmingly rejected a BA offer aimed at heading off new action.

In the event that cancellations are made due to strike action you will be able to:
Rebook onto another British Airways flight to the same destination within 355 days of the original date of travel
OR
Rebook onto another British Airways flight to/from the nearest alternative airport  (for example, if booked to/from Boston you could rebook to/from Philadelphia or New York)
OR
Rebook onto an agreed alternative airline, subject to availability.
OR
Cancel your booking and get a refund.

All rebooking options will be subject to availability. Pls visit the website of British Airways for more info!

British Airways strike: canceled South Africa flights between 30 March to 01 April 2010

British Airways has announced its flight schedule update for the period between 30 March to 01 April 2010. The arline is expecting the majority of flights to operate normally on March 31 and later.

The following flights have been cancelled:

• 30 March 2010
  Johannesburg (JNB) > Heathrow (LHR): BA 0054
  LHR > JNB: BA 0034 
• 31 March 2010
  JNB > LHR: BA 0056 
• 01 April 2010
  JNB > LHR: BA 0056
  JNB > LHR: BA 0034 

Customers are advised to check ba.com on a regular basis to see if their flight is still operating before departing to the airport. If their flight has been cancelled they should not travel to the airport, but contact British Airways or their travel agent. The British Airways call centre will be open for extended hours for customers wishing to change their bookings. 

British Airways: flight schedule during 2nd strike

British Airways has announced its schedule for the second cabin crew strike from 27-30 March 2010. According to the new flight schedule, all flights ex Cape Town will operate as normal, while some ex Johannesburg flights are getting canceled.

The following flights have been cancelled:

• 27 March 2010
  Heathrow (LHR) > Johannesburg (JNB): BA0057
• 28 March 2010
  LHR > JNB: BA0033
  LHR > JNB: BA0057
• 29 March 2010
  LHR > JNB: BA0057
• 30 March 2010
  JNB > LHR: BA0054
  LHR > JNB: BA0033

Customers are advised to check ba.com on a regular basis to see if their flight is still operating before departing to the airport. If their flight has been cancelled they should not travel to the airport, but contact British Airways or their travel agent. The British Airways call centre will be open for extended hours for customers wishing to change their bookings.

Strike cancels 3 out of 4 daily BA flights to South Africa

Flight cancelations due to the British Airways cabin crew strike (strike period between 20 - 22 March 2010):

• Heathrow-Johannesburg BA 0055 departing at 17:50
• Heathrow-Johannesburg BA 0057 departing at 20:50
• Heathrow-Cape Town BA 0059 departing at 19:20

The airline will continue to operate one daily flight to Cape Town (BA0043), but the flight will operate with a slightly different level of onboard service during the strike. Pls visit BA.com for more info or contact the call centre!

UPDATE from 18 March 2010:

• 20 March 2010
  Johannesburg (JNB) > London Heathrow (LHR) BA056 and BA054
  Cape Town (CPT) > LHR BA058 and BA042
  LHR > CPT BA043
• 21 March 2010
  JNB > LHR BA056 and BA054
  CPT > LHR BA058 and BA042
  LHR > CPT BA043
• 22 March 2010
  JNB > LHR BA056 and BA054
  CPT > LON BA058 and BA042
  LHR > CPT BA043
• 23 March 2010
  CPT > LHR BA042
  LHR > JNB BA055 and BA057
  LHR > CPT BA059
• 24 March 2010
  no flights from SA to London
  LHR > JNB BA055 and BA057
  LHR > CPT BA059 and BA043

Customers are advised to check ba.com on a regular basis to see if their flight is still operating before departing to the airport. If their flight has been cancelled they should not travel to the airport, but contact British Airways or their travel agent. The British Airways call centre will be open for extended hours for customers wishing to change their bookings.

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