British Airways flies into pre-Easter strike

LOSS-MAKING British Airways flew into more turbulence yesterday after news that cabin crew will strike for seven days later this month in the run-up to the Easter holidays in a bitter pay dispute.

The news could spell misery for millions of BA travellers with the prospect of more industrial action next month if the long-running dispute over pay and working conditions is not resolved.

Unite, Britain’s biggest union, said in a statement that staff would spread the stoppages between March 20 and March 30 and warned that further walkouts may occur in mid-April after Easter.