BA Middle East flight disruptions kept to a minimum
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British Airways passengers have narrowly avoided disruption to most Gulf services this week after planned strike action by the airline’s cabin crew was nipped in the bud in the eleventh hour.
BA crew had planned strikes between 18-22 May, which would have meant the cancellation of some flights on the Doha-Bahrain-Heathrow route and on some Jeddah and Dubai services. However, these cancellations have now been kept to a minimum.
Speaking on Tuesday as TDME went to press, a BA spokesperson said: “The Bahrain flight that was cancelled today (Tuesday) has been reinstated. However, it is difficult to give details for the rest of the week at the present time as there will still be some impact on operations globally as the airline get its aircraft, pilots and cabin crew back into the correct positions around the world and BA is still finalising schedules for the coming days.”
BA has been desperately trying to re-jig its schedule to ensure as many flights can operate as possible since Monday when the airline won a High Court injunction to stop the latest strikes - a ruling that declared them illegal.
BA said it was delighted for its customers that Unite’s plans for “extreme and unjustified strike action” could not go ahead.
“We are sorry the court judgment cannot undo the disruption already suffered by some customers who were due to travel during the early days of the union’s industrial action,” said statement released by the UK flag carrier.
“As Unite knew, we had to announce last Thursday the rearrangement of our Heathrow schedule to give customers as much notice as possible about changes to their travel plans necessitated by the strike call.
“Ash disruption permitting, we will aim to restore a full flying programme at Heathrow by the weekend. We will also offer a full programme at Gatwick and London City, as planned.”
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