SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2019Heathrow strikes will see 170
flights cancelled
Ground staff are expected to down tools tomorrow and Tuesday (British Airways)
ZAMIRA RAHIM
Heathrow has cancelled 172 flights scheduled to depart tomorrow and Tuesday, with industrial action
expected to create travel chaos at the beginning of the week.
A pay dispute between the airport and its staff is ongoing but on Friday Unite said its 4,000 members,
including security guards, firefighters and engineers, had rejected a revised pay offer from the airport.
The union said 88 per cent of its members had voted against the offer. A two-day strike is planned to start
tomorrow, with a further 48-hour stoppage due from 23 August.
Last-minute talks to avert the action are being held but the airport cancelled the flights before the latest
ballot result was announced. If the walk-outs go ahead as planned, Unite said close to 2,500 staff will miss
their shifts. Heathrow said passengers should contact their airlines in the first instance to see how they may