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BA strike dates announced

11th May 2010 Unite, the trade union for British Airways (BA) cabin crew, has announced that it intends to take further strike action on:

* 18 to 22 May
* 24 to 28 May
* 30 May to 3 June
* 5 to 9 June

BA aim to provide more details of their plans on Tuesday afternoon (UK time) 11 May at BA.com

All BA flights are operating as normal at the moment.

Which flights will be affected during the strike?

All flights to and from Gatwick will continue to operate as normal.

All flights to and from London City will also be unaffected.

At Heathrow we plan to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of flights to every destination across our shorthaul network.

We are speaking to a number of carriers about leasing in extra aircraft to support our shorthaul schedule and also obtaining thousands of seats from other airlines to help our customers rebook if their original flight is cancelled.

In the event that cancellations are made due to strike action

You will be able to:

* Rebook onto another British Airways flight to the same destination within 355 days of the original date of travel

* Rebook onto another British Airways flight to/from the nearest alternative airport (for example, if booked to/from Boston you could rebook to/from Philadelphia or New York)

* Rebook onto an agreed alternative airline, subject to availability.

* Cancel your booking and get a refund.

All rebooking options will be subject to availability.

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