British Airways will use Qatar planes during cabin crew strike
British Airways will use Qatar Airways planes and crew to fly all its passengers to their destinations during a planned 2-week strike by some cabin crew, Willie Walsh, head of IAG, said Thursday. The strike by BA’s mixed fleet cabin crew - those who work on both long and short-haul flights - is due to begin Saturday. BA had already applied to Britain’s CAA to use 9 Qatar-registered Airbus A320 or A321s between July 1 and July 16 and Walsh said the plan would go ahead. “I’ll be pleased to say that those airplanes will fly and all of the British Airways passengers who are booked to fly with us over the next couple of weeks will be flying,” Walsh said when asked if the application to use the planes had been successful. The CAA would not confirm that BA’s application had been approved and said it was still processing it. <br/>
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British Airways will use Qatar planes during cabin crew strike
British Airways will use Qatar Airways planes and crew to fly all its passengers to their destinations during a planned 2-week strike by some cabin crew, Willie Walsh, head of IAG, said Thursday. The strike by BA’s mixed fleet cabin crew - those who work on both long and short-haul flights - is due to begin Saturday. BA had already applied to Britain’s CAA to use 9 Qatar-registered Airbus A320 or A321s between July 1 and July 16 and Walsh said the plan would go ahead. “I’ll be pleased to say that those airplanes will fly and all of the British Airways passengers who are booked to fly with us over the next couple of weeks will be flying,” Walsh said when asked if the application to use the planes had been successful. The CAA would not confirm that BA’s application had been approved and said it was still processing it. <br/>
