BREAKING NEWS: BA cancels 700 flights due to strike

BA will not operate any flights out of London Heathrow from 00h01 on Tuesday January 30 until 23h59 on Wednesday January 31 due to a planned strike by cabin crew. It said all domestic and European flights to and from London Gatwick have also been cancelled. It wasn’t yet clear how this would impact the South Africa-London flights but BA said in a statement: “The strike action will also impact services into London Heathrow and London Gatwick on Tuesday and Wednesday.” TNN will bring you more on this as it becomes available. The strike does not affect BA franchise partners (including BA Comair) or its codeshare partners. Lucy Siebert (lucys@nowmedia.co.za)