News: BA strike called off
Flights > News > # 1171 (29/01/2007)
A planned two-day strike by thousands of British Airways cabin crew has been called off, the airline has said.
Talks between BA and the Transport and General Workers Union had been taking place over the weekend to try to avert a mass staff walkout planned for Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
BA executives and union leaders said an agreement had been reached on the key issue of pay and the management of sickness absence.
BA will now attempt to reinstate as many flights as possible. BA had already cancelled all flights out of Heathrow and domestic and European flights out of Gatwick for Tuesday and Wednesday. Although the strike has now been called off, BA said that the agreement had come too late to prevent disruption to many of its flights.
Two potential 72-hour strikes earmarked for February have also been called off.
BA chief executive, Willie Walsh, said: “We are pleased that our negotiations with the T&G have resulted in an agreement that removes the threat of strikes.
“We have always said that our cabin crew do an excellent job and we believe this agreement lays a firm foundation to enable us to provide even higher standards of onboard service for customers in the future.”
He added: “Unfortunately, the decision has come too late to prevent disruption to the travel plans of tens of thousands of our customers tomorrow and Wednesday.
"We will endeavour to reinstate as many flights as we can for those days. We will give more details later today.”
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