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British Airways has announced it is to increase its flight schedules for the second period of strike action that is scheduled to take place from 27 – 30 March. Gatwick Heathrow London City Airport Subsidiary, franchise, alliance and codeshare flights For more information on BA’s flight schedule and to check the status of your flight go to www.britishairways.com/travel/strike-ballot/public/en_gb?refevent=HOME_URGENT_CENTRE Marks & Spencer is to set up shop at Birmingham Airport. The brand new M&S Simply Food store will open in December 2010 in the new central arrivals area of the One Terminal project – formed by the merger of Birmingham Airport’s two terminals. The store will be operated by SSP UK under a franchise agreement with Marks & Spencer and will offer more than 700 M&S Simply Food product lines including pre-prepared meals, snacks and sandwiches. To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking click on the links. Spanair has announced it is to launch flights from Birmingham to Barcelona and Madrid. The new Birmingham flights are the first UK scheduled operations for the airline. Flights to Barcelona will commence on 20 May 2010 and will operate four times per week – Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Flights to Madrid will start on 25 May 2010 operating three times per week – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Flights will operate using Airbus A320 aircraft with 168 seats split into Business and Economy cabins. To book Birmingham airport hotels and compare Birmingham airport parking click on the links.
British Airways has published contingency plans which will enable it to operate around 60% of its flights should the planed strike action of 20, 21, 22 March go ahead. Announced details for the first period of strike action: Gatwick London City Airport Heathrow For up-to-date information on BA’s plans, BA’s customer helpline and rebooking advice check out the following link: www.britishairways.com/travel/strike-ballot-faq/public/en_gb
Following prolonged discussions between the Unite Union, which represents most of BA’s cabin crew, and British Airways the union has announced it intends to strike on the following dates: 20, 21 and 22 March 2010 In response to the announcement, British Airways has stated that it “will do everything we can to protect our customers’ travel plans as far as possible” in the event that the union representing its flight attendants goes ahead with strikes it has called for. The airline plans to operate a range of services and not all its flights will be cancelled. Flights operated by British Airway’s franchise, codeshare or alliance partners are unaffected. An announcement of flight schedules during the industrial action is expected shortly, in the meantime further information of the current situation can be found here: www.britishairways.com/travel/strike-ballot/public/en_gb The airline has stopped selling tickets on all flights operating during the proposed strike dates. Maintenance work will be taking place on the Air Rail Link at Birmingham Airport tomorrow, Tuesday 9 March 2010. Work will start at 11:00 and will last for 24 hours. A replacement bus service will be in operation. To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the links. The UK Border Agency is warning that travellers passing through UK ports could face possible delays and disruption due to strike action by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). The strike action is taking place on Monday 8 March and Tuesday 9 March. Lin Homer, the Border Agency’s Chief Executive, said: ‘We are disappointed that PCS members have voted in favour of industrial action. It means that the travelling public are likely to suffer disruption and delays at border control as a result of this two-day action. ‘We have robust plans in place to ensure that the essential work of the UK Border Agency is maintained and the border remains secure. UK border security will not be compromised by this industrial action. ‘We expect that people travelling into the country may experience some delays at border control, but we will work hard to keep these to a minimum and hope that passengers will welcome the commitment of those staff who will be working despite the strike action to ensure they are seen as quickly as possible. BAA is advising passengers to have their travel documents, including passports, ready and to use automatic e-passport gates where available.
bmi, British Midland International, has announced a new codeshare with sister airline SWISS. Under the agreement, bmi will codeshare with SWISS on all UK to Switzerland routes including Zurich, Geneva and Basel. The new codeshare with SWISS is effective immediately for travel from 3 March 2010 and will allow bmi to offer fares between Zurich, Geneva and Basel from London Heathrow, London City airport, Manchester, Birmingham International and Edinburgh airport and improve connections between Switzerland and the wider bmi network. The developing partnership will offer even greater flexibility to customers of both carriers and in particular will connect Scottish and Northern England passengers to SWISS’ network of 76 destinations worldwide (via Switzerland).
Lufthansa has announced that the four-day strike by pilots is over, however, there will continue to be ‘flight irregularities’ over the coming days. A regular service will operate as of Friday 26 February. For more information and details of Lufthansa’s special timetables click here. To check the status of your Lufthansa flight click here
A four-day strike by Lufthansa pilots has started today. Lufthansa is advising passengers to check the status of their flights before travelling to the airport. For more information for passengers booked to fly between Monday 22 February and Thursday 25 February check with Lufthansa on 0800 850 6070 or here Passengers can also check for updates on Twitter @Lufthansa_DE |
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