Are you entitled to BA flight cancellation compensation?
30th March 2010
The British Airways cabin crew strikes started to take their
toll on passengers as hundreds of flights were cancelled
yesterday.
A massive 263 flights from London Heathrow were cancelled out of
a total of 642 scheduled services due to the BA strike, affecting
thousands of holidaymakers and travellers as the Easter holidays
begin.
One passenger, John Cawley, 54, from Liverpool, vowed he would
never fly with BA again.
He, his wife and two sons were due to fly to Newark in the US
before going on a cruise around the Caribbean but their internal
flight between Manchester and Heathrow was cancelled.
Today is due to be the last day of the strike planned by BA
cabin crew, but the Unite union , which represents over nearly all
of BA's cabin crew, is expected to announce another wave of strikes
after Easter.
Despite the airline losing over £5m a day during the strike, BA
chief executive is adamant the walkout failed.
In an open letter to Unite joint General Secretary Tony Woodley,
Walsh said the airline had flown more than 75% of passengers and
that 60% of cabin crew had turned up for work.
He claimed the airline carried 118,575 passengers in total over
last weekend compared to 86,262 the previous weekend during the
first wave of strikes.
If you have been affected by the BA strikes and want to know if
you are entitled to redress please visit our free guide to claiming flight
delay and cancellation compensation.
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