LONDON – British Airways hopes to operate more than half of its scheduled flights despite planned industrial action by cabin crew this month.
The airline is releasing details of a revised timetable for thousands of flights around the world.
Overall, up to half of long-haul flights could operate from Heathrow.
BA is also negotiating a number of deals with other carriers to lease planes and transfer passengers.
Willie Walsh, BA chief executive, said, "I don’t want to mislead people, we’re not going to be able to operate all of our schedule, that’s clear.
"It will be more than 50 percent but probably won’t be more than 70%."
Seven days of strikes are set to go ahead on March 20 and March 27, forcing tens of thousands of BA passengers to reorganise their travel plans.
BA is training non-cabin crew staff to take over cabin duties during the strikes.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown today called for the strikes to be called off, describing the action as "unjustified " and "deplorable".
