British Airways, Virgin Atlantic to limit ticket sales to London’s Heathrow | Travel

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will restrict ticket gross sales for flights to London’s Heathrow Airport throughout deliberate strikes by border brokers over Christmas and New 12 months’s Eve to cut back disruption, the airways mentioned on Friday.

UK Border Power employees at a number of main British airports together with the nation’s busiest, Heathrow, will go on strike for eight days this month in a dispute over pay, threatening to gradual processing of passengers arriving from overseas through the holidays.

A BA spokesperson mentioned the provider was working with the federal government and airport “to make sure that we play our half in guaranteeing our clients are capable of journey as deliberate at this essential time of 12 months.”

A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson additionally mentioned it was working carefully with authorities to “minimise the impression of Border Power strikes on our clients’ journeys.”

The strikes, from Dec. 23-26 and 28-31, come at one of many busiest durations for airways, and the flights affected have been already busy. Heathrow is a hub for each airways, and BA is the dominant provider.

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have additionally given clients the choice of additional flexibility to shift their journey to a non-strike day, and flight schedules – in addition to restrictions on tickets – are being stored below evaluate.

“We intend to function our schedule as deliberate, with extra flexibility to permit clients to alter their flight dates in the event that they want to keep away from arriving on strike days,” the Virgin Atlantic spokesperson mentioned.

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