{"id":116512,"date":"2021-09-24T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=116512"},"modified":"2021-09-24T21:32:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T21:32:42","slug":"british-airways-abandons-plans-subsidiary-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/09\/british-airways-abandons-plans-subsidiary-airline.html","title":{"rendered":"British Airways abandons plans for subsidiary airline at Gatwick."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

British Airways (BA)<\/strong> is abandoning plans for a short-haul, BA-branded subsidiary at Gatwick after pilots refused to back a deal between the airline and union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BA suspended operations at the UK\u2019s second-biggest airport at the start of the pandemic, and said it could only relaunch short-haul services if it could lower its cost base \u2013 including staff terms and conditions, The Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/em><\/strong>Iberia celebrates 75 years flying to Latin America.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It intends to run only a skeleton schedule of domestic feeder flights at Gatwick from next year. The BA chief executive, Sean Doyle, has said he would consider selling the slots to rivals, although analysts believe it is more likely they will be deployed to other parts of the airline\u2019s parent group, IAG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national carrier had initially won the backing of leaders of the pilots union Balpa to push ahead with proposals for a BA-branded subsidiary, with up to 17 planes based at the Sussex airport. However, Balpa dropped its recommendation and scrapped the ballot needed to ratify the deal after consulting more broadly with pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Emirates once again operating its flights to Madrid with the A380.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A BA spokesperson said: \u201cWe\u2019re disappointed that our plans for a new short-haul subsidiary at Gatwick have not received Balpa\u2019s support. After many years of losing money on European flights from the airport, we were clear that coming out of the pandemic, we needed a plan to make Gatwick profitable and competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith regret, we will now suspend our short-haul operations at Gatwick, with the exception of a small number of domestic services connecting to our long-haul operation, and will pursue alternative uses for the London Gatwick short-haul slots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balpa\u2019s acting general secretary, Martin Chalk, said: \u201cWe are disappointed that we couldn\u2019t come to arrangements that were acceptable to our members. We stand ready to work with BA to find such arrangements that could be acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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