BA says strike won’t affect most customers

The airline said it expects to handle more than 180,000 of the 240,000 people who have planned to travel from March 27-30.
BA said a further 18 per cent have been re-booked to travel on other carriers, or have changed the dates of their BA flights to avoid the strike period.
Also, several thousand customers have brought forward their departures to Friday.
BA said that, over the next four days, it will fly a full, normal schedule from Gatwick and London City Airports.
At Heathrow, BA said it would operate 70 per cent of its long-haul programme (up from 60 per cent in the first strike period from March 20-22) and 55 per cent of its short-haul programme (up from 30 per cent).
BA chief executive Willie Walsh said: “I am delighted that we will be able to fly such a large proportion of our customers to their chosen destinations in the coming days.
“The vast majority of BA staff, including thousands of cabin crew, are pulling together to serve our customers and keep our flag flying.”