British Airways is to merge a ‘very small number of flights’ to and from Heathrow tomorrow and Wednesday, when industrial action by Unite cabin crew is due to take place.
In a statement on its website, the airline said: "This will mean some customers will travel slightly earlier or later in the day than their original booking. Customers affected are being contacted with the options available for them."
Travellers due to fly with BA from Heathrow on the affected days are being advised to check their travel plans on the airline’s ‘manage my booking’ section of its website.
Flights from other airports will operate as normal.
According to a report in The Times, up to 50 flights will be cancelled over the two days.
But the airline said: "There may be some inaccurate information about our schedule on some general aviation and airport websites. Please ignore these sites. The accurate information about your travel plans will be contained within your personal booking page in Manage My Booking.
"We look forward to welcoming more than 200,000 customers onto our flights across the two days and ensuring they can all proceed with their holiday breaks, visits to friends and family or business meetings.
"Customers can book flights as normal through all of our usual sales channels including ba.com.
"We urge Unite to abandon its strike plans which are serving only to cause anxiety among our Mixed Fleet cabin crew colleagues who do a tremendous job for our customers.
"We continue to be available for further dialogue with Unite."
A BA statement released on Friday said most flights from Heathrow would operate as normal but some would be "merged".
The airline said this would mean some customers would be rebooked on flights departing at different times to their original booking.
