British Airways Strike Hits Customers

British Airways Crew member strike is expected to last from from December 22 and would threaten the holiday travel of about a million airline passengers. Customers booked on BA flights should expect disruption.

On its site, British Airways promises “BA London City services (except our business class only London City – New York flights) are operated by our fully owned subsidiary BA CityFlyer. These cabin crew were not part of the ballot so BA CityFlyer’s operation is not affected.
Openskies, codeshare and franchise flights will also continue to operate normally.”

A FAQ is posted for concerned passengers.

The numbers provided are:
0844 493 0787 in the UK (daily 0600-2000 local time)
1 800 247 9297 (1 800 AIRWAYS) in the US (daily 0700-0100 local time)

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