Catering row strikes 'cost BA up to £45m'

British Airways today said the wildcat strikes that paralysed its Heathrow operations this summer cost it between £35m (€51.8m) and £45m (€71m).

Planes were grounded at the airport for 24 hours as BA baggage handlers walked out following the sacking of hundreds of staff at the airline’s caterer, Gate Gourmet.