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| Today: 03 September 2010 Time: 01:58 AM |
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| BA plans to keep 60 pct of passengers flying |
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| Communications 3/15/2010 9:58:00 PM |
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LONDON, March 15 (KUNA) -- British Airways plans to keep 60 percent of its
customers flying if cabin crew go ahead with a three day strike from this
weekend, the airline said Monday night.
The firm said it aimed to fly around 45,000 passengers each day on March
20, 21 and 22, while thousands more will be offered seats on alternative
British Airways flights or on services operated by other airlines.
The strike is centred over pay and working conditions of the cabin crew.
"At this stage the vast majority of flights between March 23 and March 31
remain in the schedule and we will update customers due to fly during the
second strike period (March 27, 28, 29, 30) after the first strike period has
ended.
"The airline is still available to hold further talks but wants customers
to have early warning of its flying schedule to allow sufficient time for
alternative travel arrangements to be made," said BA in a statement.
BA said that during the first three-day strike by the union Unite, it will
operate all longhaul flights to and from Gatwick and more than half of
shorthaul flights at the airport.
All flights to and from London City airport will be unaffected by the
strike action.
At Heathrow the airline will continue to operate more than 60 percent of
its longhaul flights to and from the airport during the first three days of
action.
The airline will operate some of its own shorthaul flights at Heathrow, and
will supplement its schedule by leasing up to 22 aircraft with pilots and
crews from eight different airlines based in the UK and Europe.
This will enable the airline to operate around 30 percent of its shorthaul
schedule.
BA said it had also agreed with 40 other carriers that customers can be
rebooked free of charge during the actual strike period onto their flights if
they had been due to travel on a BA flight which has been cancelled. (end)
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مجلس الوزراء
اللجنة العليا للتحضير للاحتفال بالذكرى
الـ(50)
لاستقلال دولة الكويت و الذكرى الـ (20)
لعيد التحرير
اعـــــــــــــــــــلان
فى إطار الاستعدادات و الترتيبات الجارية للإعداد و التحضير للاحتفال
باليوبيل الذهبي للاستقلال و مرور
(20) عاما على تحرير دولة الكويت و انطلاقا من
حرص اللجنة العليا على إشراك كافة قطاعات الدولة فى الاحتفال بهاتين المناسبتين
الوطنيتين
يسر اللجنة الإعلامية المنبثقة عن اللجنة العليا دعوة من يرغب من مؤسسات و
شركات القطاع الخاص و الاتحادات التجارية و الاستثمارية للمشاركة في الأنشطة و
الفعاليات المقرر تنظيمها فى شهر فبراير من العام القادم 2011م
للاستفسار والتنسيق ومزيد من التفاصيل :
1- مكتب مقرر اللجنة الإعلامية:
هاتف: 22462289
فاكس: 22462296
2- البريد الإلكتروني:
kuwait5020@media.gov.kw
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