BA strike hits flights to Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai

New Delhi: Regular flight operations of British Airways (BA) from Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai will be affected for some days early next week due to the cabin crew agitation, Flights from Chennai and Hyderabad will, however, operate as usual.
Unite, the trade union that represents the majority of BA cabin crew, has announced its intention to take strike action from March 20-22 and March 27-30 this year.
The airline has announced that it will not operate the flight from Bangalore to London on March 22 and 23. Similarly, the airline has announced that on March 22, both the daily services usually flying between Delhi and London will not operate.
On March 23, the airline will operate only one of the two daily flights which usually operates between Mumbai and London. The other flights from India will operate as normal on these days.
The airline has said that passengers whose flight have been cancelled due to the strike action can cancel their booking and obtain a refund to the original form of payment, the airline Web site states.
20/03/10 Business Line

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Categories: Foreign Mar 2010