The British Airways cabin crew dispute will have cost the airline £84 million in lost revenue by the end of its 12th day today, the Unite union calculates.
A further five-day strike is set to begin on Sunday until Thursday, June 3, with another five-day walkout from Saturday, June 5 until Wednesday June 9.
A fresh round of talks between the airline and union chiefs to try to resolve the dispute is due to resume today.
The negotiations are being held in a secret location after talks at the weekend had to be halted when protesters stormed the building, the BBC reported.
The union claimed yesterday that the airline continued to run a “significantly reduced” schedule and is costing the airline at least £7 million a day.
Within the reduced timetable, BA cancelled 123 of its 290 scheduled departures.
More than 20 long haul flights have were cancelled, as well as 102 short haul routes.
Among those services cancelled were flights to Los Angeles, Phoenix, Johannesburg and domestic flights, including those to Manchester and Glasgow, as well as flights to European destinations such as Geneva and Paris.
BA is continuing to bolster its reduced schedule by paying chartered airlines and aircraft from partner airlines to operate 56 BA flights.
Sixteen departures were operated by charter airlines with 40 operated by codeshare partners including Aer Lingus, Qantas and Finnair.
“Striking crew also report that BA managers are calling them at home offering them much-sought after trips to destinations such as Rio or Hong Kong in an effort to entice them back to work next week,” Unite said.
BA has said it has been able to maintain a full schedule at Gatwick and London City Airport and aims to fly an increased level of 75% of passengers to and from its Heathrow hub between May 30 and June 3.
by Phil Davies
