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Cabin crew strike - latest information

Unite, the trade union that represents the majority of British Airways (BA) cabin crew, has announced its intention to take strike action on the following dates:

20, 21 and 22 March 2010
27, 28, 29 and 30 March 2010

At the moment all of our flights are continuing to operate as normal.

If a strike does go ahead, we are intending to operate a range of flights.

Not all our flights will be cancelled.

We are currently finalising our flight schedules for the strike period and have temporarily stopped selling seats on all flights operating on the strike dates.

We will finalise these schedules in the next few days and further information will be posted here as soon as it is available.

The most up to date information is given below and at this stage our call centre agents will not have any additional information regarding which flights are operating during the strike period.

The rest of this page provides information on:-

the planning of our flight schedule for the strike period
the cancellation, refund and rebooking options available to you if you are affected
updating your details in case we need to contact you

Our flight schedule plans for proposed strike dates

The tables below give details of our anticipated operations for the proposed strike period.

Subsidiary, franchise, codeshare and alliance flights operating normally

Carrier	Flight number range
Loganair	BA 4000 to BA 4199
LAN Airlines	BA 4300 to BA 4309
Malev	BA 4450 to BA 4499
Cathay Pacific	BA 4550 to BA 4599
Japan Airlines	BA 4600 to BA 4649
American Airlines	BA 5000 to BA 5699
Aer Lingus	BA 5700 to BA 5999
Finnair	BA 6000 to BA 6099
Flybe	BA 6100 to BA 6199
Comair	BA 6200 to BA 6449
OpenSkies	BA 7000 to BA 7039
Meridiana Fly	BA 7040 to BA 7049
Iberia	BA 7050 to BA 7299
Qantas	BA 7300 to BA 7499
Various	BA 7500 to BA 7599
Sun-Air of Scandinavia A/S	BA 8200 to BA 8299
BA CityFlyer	BA 8450 to BA 8769

BA flights to / from London City

Routes	Flight number range	Status
Between London City and New York (JFK)	BA 0001 to BA 0004	These flights will operate normally and any changes to bookings on these flights are subject to the original fare rules
Various	BA 8450 to BA 8497 BA 8700 to BA 8769	BA CityFlyer flights will operate normally

BA flights to / from London Heathrow (Terminals 3 and 5)

Routes	Flight number range	Status
Between London Heathrow and Outside Europe	BA 0005 to BA 0299	Some flights will operate normally. Some flights will operate using British Airways aircraft providing a different style of onboard service. More details Other flights will be cancelled.
Between London Heathrow and the rest of the UK and Europe	BA 0300 – BA 0999 BA 1300 – BA 1499	Some flights will operate normally. Some flights will operate using BA approved chartered aircraft providing a different style of onboard service. More details Other flights will be cancelled.
Flights operated by our franchise, codeshare or alliance partners are unaffected. See top table. Exact details of our flying schedule during the strike period are liable to change at short notice

BA flights to / from London Gatwick

Routes	Flight number range	Status
Between London Gatwick and outside Europe	BA 2000 to BA 2299	All flights will operate normally and any changes to bookings on these flights are subject to the original fare rules.
Between London Gatwick and the rest of the UK and Europe	BA 2300 to BA 2999 BA 7950 to BA 8199	Some flights will operate normally. Other flights will be cancelled.
Flights operated by our franchise, codeshare or alliance partners are unaffected. See top table. Exact details of our flying schedule during the strike period are liable to change at short notice.

Rebooking and refund options for strike dates

All flights to and from London City and all longhaul flights to and from London Gatwick will continue to operate normally and any changes to bookings on these flights are subject to the original fare rules.

For all other flights, until we finalise our flying schedule, if you are booked to travel between 19 and 31 March 2010, you have the choice of rebooking or cancelling and obtaining a refund.