British Airways cabin crew staff went on strike today after hopes of a last-ditch deal collapsed.

British Airways cabin crew will go ahead with a wave of strikes from tomorrow after hopes of a last-ditch deal collapsed.

A union leader tonight offered to suspend strikes by British Airways cabin crew if the airline gave back travel concessions, in a last-gasp attempt to halt the action.

British Airways “will be flying tomorrow” even if talks to avert a staff walkout prove unsuccessful, the airline’s chief executive insisted today.

British Airways will meet Unite union representatives today in a last-ditch attempt to avert the planned round of strikes by cabin crew.

The union representing British Airways cabin crew was today preparing to appeal against an injunction which halted strike action planned by thousands of its members in a bitter row over jobs, pay and staffing levels.

British Airways cabin crew are to stage a series of five-day strikes in their bitter row over jobs, pay and conditions, threatening travel chaos in the run-up to the summer holidays, it was announced today.

LEADERS of British Airways cabin crew last night urged the airline’s chiefexecutive to “come out of his bunker” and hold fresh talks as a three-day strike over jobs and cost-cutting came to an end.

British Airways cabin crew have voted massively in favour of strike action in a bitter row over jobs, pay and working conditions, sources said today.

An emergency meeting of British Airways cabin crew has been called to decide whether to fight plans to cut jobs, freeze pay and introduce worse wages and conditions for new staff, it was revealed today.