British Airways cabin crew launch new strike

AFP - 1 hour 1 minute agoSendIM StoryPrint.LONDON (AFP) - – British Airways cabin crew started a fresh five-day strike on Sunday with little sign of a breakthrough in the long-running dispute between their union and the airline.

The latest strike by crew in the Unite union is set to disrupt travel in the half-term school holidays, with another five-day stoppage planned from June 5.

Unite, Britain's biggest trade union, said it believed the 12 days of strikes since March had already cost BA 84 million pounds (121.5 million dollars, 99 million euros).

The walkout affects flights from BA's London Heathrow hub, the world's busiest international passenger airport.

BA said it would increase its flying schedule in the coming week as more cabin crew than expected had decided to work as normal during the strikes.

Its schedule of long-term flights from London Heathrow will be increased to more than 70 percent -- up from more than 60 percent this week.

The short-haul schedule from the airport will rise to more than 55 percent of flights, up from more than 50 percent this week.

"We are very disappointed that Unite are continuing to take strike action," BA said.

"We will continue to do all we can to minimise the disruption.

"At Heathrow we plan to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of flights to every destination across our shorthaul network."

Talks between the two sides ended without agreement on Friday, with Unite accusing BA chief executive Willie Walsh of blocking a resolution to the dispute on travel perks for cabin crew.

Unite's joint leader Derek Simpson offered to conduct talks in the "full glare" of the media so people would be able to see how "unreasonable" BA chief executive Willie Walsh was.

"I prefer these negotiations to be in front of a camera. Let the world see what this is all about. If people could see what he is doing, they would know who to blame," he told BBC television.

"It is all about confidence of management in the workforce and of workforce in the management. Clearly there has been a breakdown. If we could get the confidence back a deal is do-able."

Simpson claimed Walsh said he would only meet for further talks after Unite's annual conference, which opens Monday, in Manchester, northwest England, and continues until the end of the current strike.

This month, BA posted a record annual pre-tax loss of 531 million pounds.

The airline, which has been hit hard by the decreased demand for air travel, is slashing costs and merging with Spanish rival Iberia in a bid to return to profitability.

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