Monday 12 April 2010

Strike Impact Felt At Heathrow


BAA has revealed the true extent of the damage caused by striking British Airways workers, during the industrial action Heathrow airport saw 180,000 fewer passengers against the March average and 200,000 fewer accross all its airports.

Statistics revealed by BAA show a total of 5.2 million passengers passed through its Heathrow terminals in March which was slightly up on 2009 figures, though BAA claim had it not been for the Unite strike then it would have seen a 3.8% rise in traffic.

British Airways announced the two stage strike action had cost them in excess of £40m, as of yet no more strike action has been planned.

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