Aug 1, 2019, 2:54 am
Last edit by: corporate-wage-slave
This thread is about the now deferredindustrial action (strikes) by Heathrow Airport Limited staff. Click here for the official and detailed BA advice, particularly for departing and connecting passengers.
The strikes planned for Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 August have now both been cancelled and normal services can be expected, with the possible exception of some catering changes on shorthaul services. A revised pay offer is being put to the workforce and in the meantime strike action has been postponed.
This is a different and unrelated dispute to the possible BA strike (there is a separate thread for this). It only affects LHR but all airlines, all terminals
As things stand the next strike days are Friday 23 - Saturday 24 August, there may be further dates announced. The impact is on departing and connecting passengers, with restrictions on hand baggage (one small item only), no First Wing or Fast Track security, and changed catering arrangements on some shorter services. See links above for details, there are no changes noted for passengers arriving into Heathrow, other than the catering changes. On Sunday BA will announce any service changes, usually this comes around 17:00 hrs London time. BA is offering a Twilight Check-In service from 18:00 hrs the night before travel to allow passengers to get their bags into the system before the day of travel.
BA is allowing short haul bookings from LHR on 5-6 August to be rebooked to either LCY or LGW - or to other dates from Heathrow on or before 12 August so long as they avoid 5-6 August. This include redemptions. Tickets need to be booked on or before 31 July. It would appear that currently flights TO Heathrow are not in scope.
The strikes planned for Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 August have now both been cancelled and normal services can be expected, with the possible exception of some catering changes on shorthaul services. A revised pay offer is being put to the workforce and in the meantime strike action has been postponed.
This is a different and unrelated dispute to the possible BA strike (there is a separate thread for this). It only affects LHR but all airlines, all terminals
As things stand the next strike days are Friday 23 - Saturday 24 August, there may be further dates announced. The impact is on departing and connecting passengers, with restrictions on hand baggage (one small item only), no First Wing or Fast Track security, and changed catering arrangements on some shorter services. See links above for details, there are no changes noted for passengers arriving into Heathrow, other than the catering changes. On Sunday BA will announce any service changes, usually this comes around 17:00 hrs London time. BA is offering a Twilight Check-In service from 18:00 hrs the night before travel to allow passengers to get their bags into the system before the day of travel.
BA is allowing short haul bookings from LHR on 5-6 August to be rebooked to either LCY or LGW - or to other dates from Heathrow on or before 12 August so long as they avoid 5-6 August. This include redemptions. Tickets need to be booked on or before 31 July. It would appear that currently flights TO Heathrow are not in scope.
LHR strikes (HAL employees) - 23/24 Aug 2019 [called off for now]
Aug 13, 2019, 8:19 am
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Aug 13, 2019, 8:29 am
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Appreciate we are still a long wa from knowing whether the strike on the 23rd would go ahead, but in the event it does I'm looking at options. Are the following assumptions correct in each scenario?
I'm flying to NTE on BA (so from LHR), with a car rental booked at the end
As far as I understood from another thread, the BA strike on the 23rd cannot go ahead due to being under the 14 day mark.
If HAL goes on strike, am I right in assuming that:
->No EC261 applicable, BUT duty of care is
->Would rerouting from another London airport onto nearest airport served by BA (e.g. LGW-BOD or LCY-UIP) be valid in this instance? I can then change the rental
->Would rerouting onto another airline (e.g. EasyJet LGW-NTE) be an option?
Thanks!
I'm flying to NTE on BA (so from LHR), with a car rental booked at the end
As far as I understood from another thread, the BA strike on the 23rd cannot go ahead due to being under the 14 day mark.
If HAL goes on strike, am I right in assuming that:
->No EC261 applicable, BUT duty of care is
->Would rerouting from another London airport onto nearest airport served by BA (e.g. LGW-BOD or LCY-UIP) be valid in this instance? I can then change the rental
->Would rerouting onto another airline (e.g. EasyJet LGW-NTE) be an option?
Thanks!
Aug 13, 2019, 10:51 am
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Appreciate we are still a long wa from knowing whether the strike on the 23rd would go ahead, but in the event it does I'm looking at options. Are the following assumptions correct in each scenario?
I'm flying to NTE on BA (so from LHR), with a car rental booked at the end
As far as I understood from another thread, the BA strike on the 23rd cannot go ahead due to being under the 14 day mark.
If HAL goes on strike, am I right in assuming that:
->No EC261 applicable, BUT duty of care is
->Would rerouting from another London airport onto nearest airport served by BA (e.g. LGW-BOD or LCY-UIP) be valid in this instance? I can then change the rental
->Would rerouting onto another airline (e.g. EasyJet LGW-NTE) be an option?
Thanks!
I'm flying to NTE on BA (so from LHR), with a car rental booked at the end
As far as I understood from another thread, the BA strike on the 23rd cannot go ahead due to being under the 14 day mark.
If HAL goes on strike, am I right in assuming that:
->No EC261 applicable, BUT duty of care is
->Would rerouting from another London airport onto nearest airport served by BA (e.g. LGW-BOD or LCY-UIP) be valid in this instance? I can then change the rental
->Would rerouting onto another airline (e.g. EasyJet LGW-NTE) be an option?
Thanks!
Depends on the policy BA issues if strikes proceed. For the last strike you could amend all short haul flights a few days before and after even if they weren’t cancelled.
If your flight was cancelled BA were rebooking on most other airlines and if your flight was operating there was a one small personal item hand luggage limit.
The vast majority of cancellations were Edinburgh, Glasgow, Prague the flights with higher frequency flights though Split was cancelled as well. A few flights short and long haul were moved from T3 to T5 to presumably ease transfers.
As with everything however it’s a case of waiting and seeing as we don’t know what’s going to happen. Sorry that doesn’t help you.
Aug 13, 2019, 2:59 pm
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Aug 14, 2019, 8:29 am
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Just checking ballot result 2nd September - there would then have to be a notice period for a new strike? Just watching 4 Sept carefully at present. I am not concerned about our return flight I can stay away from Blighty a little longer if required
Aug 15, 2019, 7:06 am
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Yes, they have to give 14 days notice of any strike date. Although I believe it's 7 if the business agrees, although the chances of that...
Aug 15, 2019, 8:32 am
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