BA to fly almost 10% more passengers during strike
19.03.10
British Airways has announced that more volunteers have come forward to help it run an increased flight schedule during this weekend’s planned cabin crew strike. The airline said it is to increase its flying schedule for the period of Unite’s strikes as larger volumes of cabin crew have contacted the airline to offer to work in support of the company’s contingency operation, allowing it to fly an extra 4000 passengers.
The airline has said that the number of cabin crew offering to work as normal has increased significantly since Monday when it announced its revised schedule. Numbers are expected to grow further, the a spokesman for airline said.
The number of other airlines offering help for the strike period through charters or provision of spare seats has also increased - from 50 on Monday to more than 60. This has enabled the airline to reinstate some previously cancelled flights and provide extra capacity for both long haul and short haul destinations.
The combined result of these actions is that the number of passengers to be flown should rise from 45,000 a day to 49,000 a day.
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