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British Airways cancels almost 100% of its flights by pilot strike

2019-09-09T08:34:27.170Z


British Airways said it was forced to cancel “almost 100 percent” of flights for Monday and Tuesday after the British pilots union advanced with a hu…


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Hong Kong (CNN Business) - British Airways said it was forced to cancel “almost 100 percent” of flights by Monday and Tuesday after the British pilots union advanced with a strike.

The strike was called by the British Association of Airline Pilots (BALPA) in the middle of a heated dispute over payment with the airline.

BALPA said on Twitter on Sunday that it submitted a proposal to the airline's management on Wednesday, but had not yet received an answer.

British Airways said in a statement released Monday that it is "ready and willing to return to the talks with BALPA."

The airline said it was forced to cancel so many flights because "without BALPA details on which pilots would strike, we had no way of predicting how many would come to work or which aircraft are qualified to fly."

Passengers who had flights reserved for Monday and Tuesday will probably "not be able to travel as planned," said British Airways. The airline also advised passengers not to go to the airport.

93% of the pilots' union members voted in favor of a strike in July. BALPA said last week that it would be willing to suspend it if British Airways returned to the negotiating table.

According to its website, BALPA represents more than 10,000 pilots in the United Kingdom, more than 85% of all commercial pilots flying there.

The pilots union also intends to strike on September 27. British Airways said Monday that it will contact "in the coming weeks" to inform customers traveling on that date if they will be affected.

While the union calls for higher salaries, British Airways has said its offer of an 11.5% increase over three years is "fair" and higher than the current UK inflation rate. In a statement released last month, he said the strike could "affect the travel plans of tens of thousands of our customers." He called the strike "a reckless course of action."

In Latin America, British Airways flies to destinations in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru and several Caribbean countries, according to the airline's website.

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Source: cnnespanol

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