Airlines are seeing bookings soar as travellers divert from British Airways to avoid the planned 12-day Christmas strike by cabin crew.
Paul Simmons, easyJet’s UK general manager said: “We have seen additional bookings over the past 24 hours, and we will do whatever we can to accommodate people’s travel needs over the holiday period.
“We still have over 160,000 seats available during the period on the routes that we share with BA.
“However, to put this into context, as we stand the flights are already over 75% full, so people looking to get away should act quickly.”
Bmi Mainline managing director Dominic Paul said: “The news that British Airways will be striking over the seasonal period is incredibly sad for those passengers who have booked with the airline.
“The strike action will leave passengers high and dry and unable to fulfill their travel plans over Christmas and the New Year.
“The timing of the dispute over the seasonal period has been intended to cause maximum upset, inconvenience and frustration to passengers during this time.
“Bmi will do all we can to assist passengers who have been caught up in the dispute.”
by Phil Davies
