Meeting over fears BA will pull out of Scotland
07.10.08
Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister, is to meet the head of British Airways today amid concerns that the airline is to pull out of Scotland, the Scotsman reports. The meeting with Willie Walsh, the chief executive of BA, comes after the company confirmed it is reviewing its cabin crew base at Glasgow Airport.
The base supports flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Heathrow and Gatwick and employs 135 people, who would face losing their jobs. If BA decides to axe the flights, then the company would be left with just its City Flier service from Edinburgh to London City Airport, and no official BA routes from Scotland.
Mr Salmond's office said that the meeting had been arranged for some time, and had been requested by Mr Walsh, but added that the First Minister was aware of the concerns of BA staff and that he would be raising them. A spokesman for BA confirmed that the cabin crew base was being reviewed. He told the newspaper: ‘Any decision on its future will be communicated in the first instance to staff.’
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