Yes, flights from LGW to EDI/GLA/MAN are operated by Ryanair B738...Mirror wrote: * Ryanair
Ryanair is flying for BA?
It'll be amazing : pay a full economy ticket on BA and fly with Ryanair.
BA crew to walk out in March
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Re: BA crew to walk out in March
It'll be amazing : pay a full economy ticket on BA and fly with Ryanair.
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It will probably the first and only time Ryanair will be serving food and drinks free of charge!easyland wrote:It'll be amazing : pay a full economy ticket on BA and fly with Ryanair.
André
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Re: BA crew to walk out in March
I can't agree with you!sn26567 wrote:It will probably the first and only time Ryanair will be serving food and drinks free of charge!easyland wrote:It'll be amazing : pay a full economy ticket on BA and fly with Ryanair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WzrO3YV3LI
BA/Ryanair will create a remix of this commercial : Fly British airways by Ryanair from London Gatwick to Glasgow, Edinburg and Manchester!
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UK passengers can avoid BA’s strike by flying Ryanair
Ryanair, Britain’s favourite airline, today (18th Mar 10) called on passengers to avoid BA’s strike on this weekend by snapping up one of Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares on over 400 routes to/from the UK. BA have already cancelled many flights as a result of strike action from 19th to 21st March.
British passengers/ visitors can ensure that BA’s strike won’t affect their travel plans this Easter by flying Ryanair. Ryanair launched a rescue fare of £69.99 (one way including taxes and charges) for BA passengers whose travel plans have been disrupted by BA’s strikes. Availability is limited, as most Ryanair flights are already heavily booked on these three days, but remaining seats at this rescue fare are available at www.ryanair.com/member/BArescuefare.html .
Ryanair’s Daniel de Carvalho said:
“With the Unite union and British Airways once again disrupting thousands of passengers, travellers can ensure that they avoid being caught up in BA’s strikes by switching to one of Ryanair’s strike free, guaranteed lowest fares flights.
“Indeed, the only way that passengers travelling to/from the UK can avoid being disrupted by BA’s strike is to book one of Ryanair’s low fares as only we guarantee passengers that they won’t be disrupted by any airline staff strikes”.
Ryanair press release, Thursday, 18th March 2010
Ryanair, Britain’s favourite airline, today (18th Mar 10) called on passengers to avoid BA’s strike on this weekend by snapping up one of Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares on over 400 routes to/from the UK. BA have already cancelled many flights as a result of strike action from 19th to 21st March.
British passengers/ visitors can ensure that BA’s strike won’t affect their travel plans this Easter by flying Ryanair. Ryanair launched a rescue fare of £69.99 (one way including taxes and charges) for BA passengers whose travel plans have been disrupted by BA’s strikes. Availability is limited, as most Ryanair flights are already heavily booked on these three days, but remaining seats at this rescue fare are available at www.ryanair.com/member/BArescuefare.html .
Ryanair’s Daniel de Carvalho said:
“With the Unite union and British Airways once again disrupting thousands of passengers, travellers can ensure that they avoid being caught up in BA’s strikes by switching to one of Ryanair’s strike free, guaranteed lowest fares flights.
“Indeed, the only way that passengers travelling to/from the UK can avoid being disrupted by BA’s strike is to book one of Ryanair’s low fares as only we guarantee passengers that they won’t be disrupted by any airline staff strikes”.
Ryanair press release, Thursday, 18th March 2010
André
ex Sabena #26567
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That is strike breaking.Mirror wrote:We are chartering a number of aircraft from a range of UK and European based airlines to assist with our shorthaul (UK and European) operations to and from London Heathrow.
The following airlines are being chartered for flights operating between 20 and 22 March 2010:
* Air Finland
* Arkefly
* Astraeus
* Czech Airlines
* EuroAtlantic Airways
* Jet2
* Monarch Airlines
* Ryanair
* Titan Airways
* Transavia
* Viking Airlines
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/fl ... n2_charter
Ryanair is flying for BA?
Collaborators should be banned from their unions.
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Propwash
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DATE: 19/03/10
SOURCE: Air Transport Intelligence news
Talks to avert BA cabin crew strike collapse
By David Kaminski-Morrow
Talks aimed at averting a cabin crew strike at British Airways have ended without an agreement, and industrial action is set to take place from tomorrow.
Full article (Flightglobal)
See also [Saturday, 20 March 2010 - 00:01GMT] British Airways cabin crew begin strike action (BBC News)
Happy British Airways (BA) travelling :think:
SOURCE: Air Transport Intelligence news
Talks to avert BA cabin crew strike collapse
By David Kaminski-Morrow
Talks aimed at averting a cabin crew strike at British Airways have ended without an agreement, and industrial action is set to take place from tomorrow.
Full article (Flightglobal)
See also [Saturday, 20 March 2010 - 00:01GMT] British Airways cabin crew begin strike action (BBC News)
Happy British Airways (BA) travelling :think:
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Re: BA crew to walk out in March
from the BBC report:
"Uncertainty still exists about just how many BA crew will go on strike after BA said that any staff who took part in strike action would lose perks, including heavily-discounted travel fares."
This sounds like a threat, never a good point to hope to win someone for you're cause. I think it's even illegal on these grounds to exclude someone. If not it should be.
It's even more incomprehensive if you see the CEO's pay has rissen 6% between '08 and '09. And yes I know he dropped a one time monthly pay last year. But than again the signs of an economic downturn were eminent by then. He could also have opted for more permanent and substantial paycut for him since he shouldn't feel it as much in his lifestyle like workers do. And it would be more easy to motivate workers to take a paycut as well, now it just seems like he's making sure his bonus is there at the end of the year to make up for the one time pay loss.
"Uncertainty still exists about just how many BA crew will go on strike after BA said that any staff who took part in strike action would lose perks, including heavily-discounted travel fares."
This sounds like a threat, never a good point to hope to win someone for you're cause. I think it's even illegal on these grounds to exclude someone. If not it should be.
It's even more incomprehensive if you see the CEO's pay has rissen 6% between '08 and '09. And yes I know he dropped a one time monthly pay last year. But than again the signs of an economic downturn were eminent by then. He could also have opted for more permanent and substantial paycut for him since he shouldn't feel it as much in his lifestyle like workers do. And it would be more easy to motivate workers to take a paycut as well, now it just seems like he's making sure his bonus is there at the end of the year to make up for the one time pay loss.
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Propwash
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Next BA strike will go ahead unless talks resume soon, warns Unite
Unite joint leader says talks are needed now to avert next weekend's four-day planned stoppage
Dan Milmo, transport correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 March 2010 18.33 GMT
A four-day strike by British Airways cabin crew will go ahead on Saturday unless talks begin soon, the joint general secretary of the Unite union warned today.
Full article (Guardian)
See also BA: Strike costing £7m per day (Flightgobal)
Unite joint leader says talks are needed now to avert next weekend's four-day planned stoppage
Dan Milmo, transport correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 March 2010 18.33 GMT
A four-day strike by British Airways cabin crew will go ahead on Saturday unless talks begin soon, the joint general secretary of the Unite union warned today.
Full article (Guardian)
See also BA: Strike costing £7m per day (Flightgobal)
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Uganda travel agents advise clients to change carriers due to BA's strikes.
Now that the strike dates have been announced in London, travel agents in Uganda have reacted swiftly and started making bookings on other airlines for their customers over the period March 27-31.
Thankfully the Easter period will be strike free, allowing for uninterrupted holiday plans, but it is understood that after Easter, added strikes will take place should no agreement be reached between the Unite Union and the British Airways management. No dates for those potentially added strikes are available at this time.
Like prior to Christmas, when many travelers absconded from British Airways and rushed to cover their bases with alternate bookings, this time round again it is expected that BA will lose out in a big way, in favor of such other airlines coming to Uganda as Brussels Airlines, KLM, Kenya Airways, Emirates, or Ethiopian, to name just a few.
Said one travel agent to this correspondent, a sentiment also echoed by others: "Even if this strike is averted, like the last one was, the damage is already done to BA. They have taken those dates off bookings through our CRS. For the second time in six months, I have to tell my clients booked over the expected strike period to rebook. You cannot keep doing that without losing confidence in that airline. And I am not blaming the unions, the BA management is using very bad language in public, and I think they are losing the PR battle. Maybe it is time now for their CEO to go; he only hung on by the skin of his teeth over the Terminal 5 disaster, but enough is enough. Proposing to use freshmen cabin crews with one training course and no other experience is also very bad PR for a senior airline like British Airways; how safe will that cabin be, these passengers, in case of an emergency? For us here, we had enough of BA; we will work on our passengers only connecting via London to use other airlines - that should be easy - and those flying to London to also rather connect in Dubai or Amsterdam or Brussels."
source: eturbonews.com
This is one exemple but you can be sure the Ugandese travel agents are not the only one that lost their confidence in BA. These strikes are good for SN's BRU-LHR and some long haul AFI flights, but for BA it's a disaster. At the time the strikes will be over, a lot of people will give priority to other airlines instead of BA.
Now that the strike dates have been announced in London, travel agents in Uganda have reacted swiftly and started making bookings on other airlines for their customers over the period March 27-31.
Thankfully the Easter period will be strike free, allowing for uninterrupted holiday plans, but it is understood that after Easter, added strikes will take place should no agreement be reached between the Unite Union and the British Airways management. No dates for those potentially added strikes are available at this time.
Like prior to Christmas, when many travelers absconded from British Airways and rushed to cover their bases with alternate bookings, this time round again it is expected that BA will lose out in a big way, in favor of such other airlines coming to Uganda as Brussels Airlines, KLM, Kenya Airways, Emirates, or Ethiopian, to name just a few.
Said one travel agent to this correspondent, a sentiment also echoed by others: "Even if this strike is averted, like the last one was, the damage is already done to BA. They have taken those dates off bookings through our CRS. For the second time in six months, I have to tell my clients booked over the expected strike period to rebook. You cannot keep doing that without losing confidence in that airline. And I am not blaming the unions, the BA management is using very bad language in public, and I think they are losing the PR battle. Maybe it is time now for their CEO to go; he only hung on by the skin of his teeth over the Terminal 5 disaster, but enough is enough. Proposing to use freshmen cabin crews with one training course and no other experience is also very bad PR for a senior airline like British Airways; how safe will that cabin be, these passengers, in case of an emergency? For us here, we had enough of BA; we will work on our passengers only connecting via London to use other airlines - that should be easy - and those flying to London to also rather connect in Dubai or Amsterdam or Brussels."
source: eturbonews.com
This is one exemple but you can be sure the Ugandese travel agents are not the only one that lost their confidence in BA. These strikes are good for SN's BRU-LHR and some long haul AFI flights, but for BA it's a disaster. At the time the strikes will be over, a lot of people will give priority to other airlines instead of BA.