British Airways wins court battle

British Airways won a high court battle yeterday to prevent a 12 day strike being threatened by workers, Mrs Justice Cox ruled that the union had broken rules on balloting for industrial action, all BA flights are now expected to resume as normal over the christmas period and has saved BA millions of pounds.

The block on the proposed 12 day strike has been met with fierce criticism from union chiefs who claim it is a "disgracefull day for democracy". BA claimed a large number of people who voted for the strike had already taken redundancy and should not have been allowed to vote.

Unite the union for BA workers have said they wont stop at this and have already stated they intend to have a new ballot and another strike could be prposed for february. Flight tickets had rocketed with other airlines at the prospect of BA being out of the market over christmas and many people are now out of pocket.