Sky News explains your rights as a consumer in the event BA is hit by strikes involving hundreds of check-in and ground-handling staff and explores why the airline - and others - are already cutting flights 👇
BA and others have been cutting flights for months - often on those routes which have frequent daily services - in a bid to prevent last-minute cancellations.
The unions want to give the airline some time to improve its pay offer to their members but any strike should not deal a killer blow to all BA services from Heathrow. In the event of a cancellation, BA can offer you an alternative but, crucially, is obliged to book you onto a rival's service if spare capacity is available.The consumer group Which? said BA would be liable for compensation too if it had to cancel services at short notice.
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