BA cancels more flights despite end of strike

By David Millward, Transport Editor 135PM GMT twenty-three March 2010

More than 100 inbound flights were additionally cancelled since the airline had no crews accessible to move the aircraft back.

Provincial airports together with Manchester were additionally hit, since of the intrusion to flights from London.

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With a second blocking due at the weekend, services are doubtful to lapse to normal until prior to prolonged prior to Easter when the Unite traffic kinship has betrothed a remit from industrial action.

Even if the Easter bank legal holiday has been spared, the intrusion will still set upon passengers in the run up in the days ahead.

According to Unite, passengers will additionally have to do but prohibited dishes on prolonged area flights for the rest of the month.

"Contrary to what the airline has been saying, it cannot run a full use for passengers. They cannot lift on similar to this. It is right away time they returned to the negotiating list to finalise this dispute," a Unite central said.

However this was denied by BA that pronounced the infancy of flights will be charity prohibited food dish as normal.

Despite both sides observant they are ready to free negotiations, there are no assent talks planned, creation a second blocking this week end roughly inevitable.

However the airline insisted the strait plans had worked well, notwithstanding the intrusion costing BA around �7 million a day.

Willie Walsh, the airline"s arch executive, has pronounced the cost of the brawl will have to be recouped that equates to the airline has cold the suggest it put to Unite last week, prior to the three-day blocking took place.

This offer, the second put to Unite by the airline, was reduce than prior BA proposals, that were cold when Unite creatively voiced set upon dates.

A revised package is approaching to be reduce still, with Mr Walsh display no pointer of subsidy down.

The perspective of City analysts is that the airline came out of the initial blocking protection and shares in the airline rose on the batch marketplace during this morning"s trading.

Mr Walsh additionally won the subsidy of an doubtful ally, Michael O"Leary, arch senior manager of the no-frills airline, Ryanair.

Mr O"Leary, who has all the time pounded what he described as BA"s high fares, has lent his opposition 3 aircraft to assistance it kick the strike.

"We hold the Unite unions are a garland of dimwits. It is an ludicrous set upon at a time of recession," he said. "The cabin organisation timing is spectacularly stupid."

Describing Tony Woodley, the Unite corner ubiquitous secretary, as a dinosaur, he pronounced the kinship should get the members behind to work.

Mr O"Leary, who spoke to Mr Walsh progressing this week, urged BA directors to behind their arch executive.

"I think the genuine complaint will be to prop the finalise of the BA board. It is a bit similar to going to fight with the French army. You are regularly seeking over your shoulder."