British Airways has published details of its backup plans for the planned cabin crew strikes in March.
British Airways has revealed what it plans to do to keep its flights in the air during the cabin crew strike between March 20th and 22nd.
It said that it aims to transport some 45,000 passengers a day during this strike period, representing 60 per cent of all of those who had originally booked a flight for these dates.
Thousands more passengers will be offered seats for other British Airways flights and those operated by other carriers.
All long-haul flights to and from Gatwick - as well as over half of short-haul services - will continue to operate as normal.
London City Airport flights will be completed unaffected by the industrial action, while British Airways will aim to operate over six in ten of planned long-haul flights to and from Heathrow.
It will additionally run some of its own Heathrow short-haul flights and will lease extra aircraft complete with pilots and cabin crew from eight other airlines to operate 30 per cent of its short-haul services.
Those affected by the second strike period between March 27th and 30th will receive more information after the end of the first bout of industrial action.
The Guardian recently reported that the Association of British Insurers says affected passengers may be able to make a
travel insurance claim if the strike action delays their flight.
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