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AMS could see some flight diversions on 7, 14 and 17/18 January 2008 as British Airports Authority staff strike action is set to hit hundreds of flights.
Strike action at BAA airports on 7, 14 and 17 January 2008 may affect hundreds of flights and many thousands of passengers.
The BAA runs seven UK airports - Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
By far the busiest and biggest of the airports is Heathrow in west London where British Airways alone would operate about 550 arriving and departing flights a day in January.
All told, Heathrow handles around 1,350 flights a day, with enticing long-haul destinations such as the Caribbean, Australasia and South Africa particularly popular for holidaymakers wanting to escape the dark and cold of January in the UK.
The second-biggest UK airport for BAA is Gatwick in West Sussex. Gatwick is scheduled to handle 87,000 passengers on 682 flights on January 7 which is the first of the planned strike days.
On the second strike day of January 14 Gatwick would handle 82,000 passengers on 646 flights, with 80,000 passengers due to pass through the airport on January 17 when 628 flights are planned, and 650 flights and 78,000 passengers due on January 18..
The third of the BAA London airports is Stansted in Essex which on a typical January day will handle around 50,000 to 60,000 passengers.
Both Glasgow and Edinburgh airports in Scotland are likely to handle around 20,000 passengers on the strike days.
Around 5,000 a day are likely to travel to and from Aberdeen airport which would typically handle around 220 flights a day in January, including trips to off-shore installations.
A British Airways spokesman said today: "For the sake of our customers and all customers using the airport, we would urge all the parties involved to keep talking and come to a sensible solution.
"We are speaking to BAA to understand its operational contingency plans if industrial action goes ahead."
Frances Tuke, of travel association Abta said: "Although mid-January is one of the quietest periods of the year for holidays, the major airports are still pretty busy and plenty of people are due to fly off abroad.
"We will be working with airlines and with the Federation of Tour Operators to ensure that we can get people away."
She went on: "It could be that not all BAA staff will go on strike and I am sure that BAA will have contingency plans.
"Also, other non-BAA airports such as Luton, Birmingham and Manchester may be able to help out. It would make sense for affected airlines to negotiate with these airports."
Dat zou wel gunstig zijn....krijg je al die maatschappijen hier op AMS...of worden gecanceld......we zien wel.....ik hoop dat de meeste uitwijken naar AMS wordt dan een leuk spot dagje
XYZ wrote:AMS could see some flight diversions on 7, 14 and 17/18 January 2008 as British Airports Authority staff strike action is set to hit hundreds of flights.
According to this article on nu.nl the strikes have been cancelled
As a result of the political turmoil in Kenya and a resulting shortage of aviation fuel in East Africa KLM has to re-route its flights to both Entebbe and Nairobi. These flights make an additional stop in Tanzania for fuel (EBB) or a change of crew (NBO).
- 05:30 KL 0566 Nairobi Expected 08:00 B747-400
05:30 KL 0566 Dar Es Salaam Expected 08:00 B747-400
CO070/071 08:15-13:25 EWR N, CO058/059 08:00-09:30 IAH N and CO046/047 11:40-13:40 IAH N.
DL080/081 07:30-09:20 JFK N187DN and DL038/039 08:10-10:10 ATL N1609.
UA946/947 07:15-12:20 LAX IAD N223UA and UA908/909 09:10-10:55 DEN ORD N659UA.
CI0065/066 09:00-14:25 TPE BKK B18212.
CX271/270 10:10C-13:10 HKG B-HXL, this one isn't often @ EHAM I think?.
MH0016/0017 05:55-12:00 KUL 9M-MPI.
SQ324/323 06:45-11:15 SIN 9V-SVM.
CZ -> 04:23A B2473
IJ -> 06:46C B2429
JI -> 08:00 B2440
RUN -> 08:45 cancelled
LY -> 09:35 4X-AXF
SQ -> mentioned SQ by Dutchbird not in the CISS anymore.
3V -> 13:20C OO-TZA
GTI -> N528MC now 09:20C
SWN -> 21:30 ATP
WTA -> 22:05 now 07:20C the 8th N527MC
BCS -> 22:30 BRU 75F
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