Court lifts BA cabin crew strike ban

British Airways cabin crew have been given the go-ahead to strike after a court overturned the airline’s injunction to stop the industrial action.

BA had won a high court injunction to stop the strikes which were due to start on Tuesday as part of a series of four separate five-day strikes, in a long running dispute over pay and working conditions.

BA said in a statement after the decision today that it would run a full programme at Gatwick and London City, while at Heathrow more than 60% of its longhaul operation and more than 50% of shorthaul would operate.

However, BA flights were disrupted earlier in the week even though the court had originally ruled against the strikes.

Tony Woodley, Unite joint general secretary, said: ‘We are delighted to have won today. Justice has been secured. Had it not been, the right to strike would now be hanging by a thread.’