Airport Strikes in the UK

[mustang-sally 8]

Airport Strikes

For those hoping to travel in January here are the dates of strike actions at Heathrow and Gatwick.

Jan 7: 24-hour strike at BAA’s seven airports

Jan 9: 48-hour strike by Virgin cabin crew

Jan 14: 24-hour strike at BAA’s airports

Jan 16: 48-hour strike by Virgin’s cabin crew

Jan 17: 48-hour strike at BAA’s seven airports

These strikes will affect Heathrow, Stansted, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton.

The full story is here -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jht...1/et-baa321.xml

[britty 1]

That is really going to affect thousands of people. My parents are coming over here to the US on 31st Dec and returning home on 10th January. Usually they always take Virgin but thankfully for some reason they have booked BA this time. At least they won't be affected !! I would be horrified if they couldnt make it ! Thanks for the info.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

My husband has to fly into Edinburgh to get up to Dundee to defend his PhD thesis -- he's flying on the 23rd and we're really hoping the strikes aren't extended. Just shows you what a near-monopoly BAA has on major UK airports.

[psho 0]

I'm flying Virgin to LHR on Christmas Eve, and then Mr. Psho-to-be and I return to SFO on January 8. I'm expecting chaos.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

The latest -- good news!

(From an internal office email from my old office in London)

Strikes scheduled by airport workers in January have been scrapped, bringing relief to 1.3 million travellers. The strikes were planned for January 14 and 17, for 24 and 48 hours respectively. The decision to scrap the strikes follows agreement between airport workers and BAA management in a dispute over a final salary pension scheme. A spokesman for Unite told: "The shop stewards have met this morning and have agreed to the proposals put forward by BAA on Monday. So all the strikes are off."