The ongoing feud between BA and its cabin crew workers has reached boiling point as a massive 78% have voted in favour of a proposed strike, the ballot was ordered after the first vote was deemed void and the high court ordered the workers to call off a strike planned over christmas.
Out of the 9631 people that voted an overwhelming 7482 voted in favour of industrial action over pay and working conditions. The ballot carried out by Unite revealed that 78% of the ballot papers were returned in the landslide result.
Unite however have refused to reveal any possible strike dates and are still hoping to resolve its issues with BA, but BA insisted "we will not let Unite ruin this company, Should a strike take place, we will do everything we can to protect our customers travel plans as far as possible."
If your planning on flying with BA in the naer future you should check with the operator before you travel any more news on the situation will also be posted here.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Monday 15 February 2010
Terror Scare Over Atlantic
A British Airways jumbo jet bound for Mexico city was forced to turn around mid-air 2 hours into its journey, US authorities noticed discrepancies in a passengers data and refused the jet entry into its airspace, the Boeing 747 carrying 318 passengers was 2 hours over the Atlantic when it was forced to return to Heathrow airport.
Once back at Heathrow a 55 year old man was escorted off the plane and he and his luggage were searched under the terrorism act then handed to immigration officers, the Uk border agency has refused to say if hea had since been released.
Top security sources say the incident shows how nervous the US is over terror threats following Umar Abdulmutallab's attempt to blow up a jumbo jet on christmas day who was educated in London, the top source also went on to say the US think London is hot bed for terror fanatics.
BA said it was highly rare for a jumbo jet to be turned around mid-air but insisted that no security features had been breached.
Once back at Heathrow a 55 year old man was escorted off the plane and he and his luggage were searched under the terrorism act then handed to immigration officers, the Uk border agency has refused to say if hea had since been released.
Top security sources say the incident shows how nervous the US is over terror threats following Umar Abdulmutallab's attempt to blow up a jumbo jet on christmas day who was educated in London, the top source also went on to say the US think London is hot bed for terror fanatics.
BA said it was highly rare for a jumbo jet to be turned around mid-air but insisted that no security features had been breached.
Friday 12 February 2010
Easyjet in advertising feud with Ryanair
Controversial Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has challenged Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou to a race around trafalgar square to settle a leagal argument, Easyjet have hired lawyers to force Ryanair to remove defamatory claims in their adverts.
Recent Ryanair adverts have dubbed Easyjet "high fares" and have mocked up Stelios as pinnochio over Easyjets claims that punctuality is their top priority, O'Leary claims that Easyjet are no longer publishing punctuality stats as the company begins to suffer.
Mr O,Leary joked they should race around trafalgar square man to man and if the Easyjet founder was succesfull then he would change his ways, Stelios who still owns a stake in Easyjest refused to comment.
Recent Ryanair adverts have dubbed Easyjet "high fares" and have mocked up Stelios as pinnochio over Easyjets claims that punctuality is their top priority, O'Leary claims that Easyjet are no longer publishing punctuality stats as the company begins to suffer.
Mr O,Leary joked they should race around trafalgar square man to man and if the Easyjet founder was succesfull then he would change his ways, Stelios who still owns a stake in Easyjest refused to comment.
Wednesday 10 February 2010
BA hero re-lives ordeal
The pilot who crash landed at Heathrow airport yeterday told how he thought he and all 152 people on board were going to die, Peter Burkill described how the aircraft suffered a loss of power during landing.
He handed control of the plane to his co pilot and raised the jets flaps to reduce its decent and miss nearby buildings, the plane crash landed and slid approximately 372 meters uncontrollably along the ground.
A recent publication of the inestigation revealed that ice in the fuel lines had prevented fuel from reaching both engines causing the loss of power, unbelievably nobody was injured in the accident and pilot Peter Burkill was hailed a hero.
He handed control of the plane to his co pilot and raised the jets flaps to reduce its decent and miss nearby buildings, the plane crash landed and slid approximately 372 meters uncontrollably along the ground.
A recent publication of the inestigation revealed that ice in the fuel lines had prevented fuel from reaching both engines causing the loss of power, unbelievably nobody was injured in the accident and pilot Peter Burkill was hailed a hero.
Tuesday 9 February 2010
BA loss not as bad as first feared
British Airways has reavealed it recorded a pre-tax loss of £50m ($79m) in the three months leading up to December 2009. Which in contrast to the £122m it lost in the same period in 2008 is a lot better than most experts had predicted. Though overall BA recorded a loss of £342m in the nine months to December which rose up from £70m in the same period in 2008.
BA chief executive Willie Walsh accredited cost cutting measures accross the company had improved finances for the last three months up to December in which analysts had predicted losses of up to £151m
Mr Walsh stated "We still expect to make record losses this year. Permanent structural change is being introduced in all areas and will return us to sustained profitability"
These improved figures aside BA's main issue at the moment is its own workers, the airline avoided strike action over the Christmas and New Year period after winning a high court battle and having the proposed strike overturned on the grounds of a void ballot.
But Unite is re-balloting its 12,000 cabin crew members, with the result due on 22 February, Unite has urged BA to settle arguments with its cabin crew to stop the proposed strike and end the unnessercery damage to its brand
BA chief executive Willie Walsh accredited cost cutting measures accross the company had improved finances for the last three months up to December in which analysts had predicted losses of up to £151m
Mr Walsh stated "We still expect to make record losses this year. Permanent structural change is being introduced in all areas and will return us to sustained profitability"
These improved figures aside BA's main issue at the moment is its own workers, the airline avoided strike action over the Christmas and New Year period after winning a high court battle and having the proposed strike overturned on the grounds of a void ballot.
But Unite is re-balloting its 12,000 cabin crew members, with the result due on 22 February, Unite has urged BA to settle arguments with its cabin crew to stop the proposed strike and end the unnessercery damage to its brand
Monday 1 February 2010
Ryanair announces raise in profit
Ryanairs chief Michael O'Leary has indicated that holidaymakers are starting to venture abroad again, with his airline reporting an expected full year net profit of 275m euros.
The airline did record a loss of 10.9m euros in the October - December period but that was much less than the 101.5m euros loss recorded during the same period in 2008
Ryanair stated that the outcome had been helped by a 37% reduction in fuel costs along with the removal of non-profitable routes, which was offset against a 12% drop in ticket prices.
Despite the encouraging findings the airline still warned that the market will reamain very difficult for a long time yet, however the budget airline continues to take business from its rival airlines and is expected to do well in Italy, Spain and the Uk.
The airline has come in for fierce criticism in recent times over numerous additional charges on top of its standard ticket prices. Ryanair chief operating officer Michael Cawley said in an interview with the BBC such criticism was not a concern to the company when it was expanding so fast. He said Ryanair was the fastest growing airline in Europe and one of only two that were growing at all.
The airline did record a loss of 10.9m euros in the October - December period but that was much less than the 101.5m euros loss recorded during the same period in 2008
Ryanair stated that the outcome had been helped by a 37% reduction in fuel costs along with the removal of non-profitable routes, which was offset against a 12% drop in ticket prices.
Despite the encouraging findings the airline still warned that the market will reamain very difficult for a long time yet, however the budget airline continues to take business from its rival airlines and is expected to do well in Italy, Spain and the Uk.
The airline has come in for fierce criticism in recent times over numerous additional charges on top of its standard ticket prices. Ryanair chief operating officer Michael Cawley said in an interview with the BBC such criticism was not a concern to the company when it was expanding so fast. He said Ryanair was the fastest growing airline in Europe and one of only two that were growing at all.
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