Travel turmoil as airport staff threaten strike in Britain

THE travel plans of thousands of Irish air passengers intending to fly to Britain over the coming weeks have been thrown into doubt as workers threaten to close down the airports there through strikes.

Heathrow, Stansted, Southampton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen airports would all close if the workers, members of the Unite trade union, press ahead with their protest against the British Airport Authority over pay.

The union’s officials are to meet on Monday to decide when to press ahead with industrial action as well as the form that action will take.