British Airways pilots have called off a strike planned for September 27 so as to pave way for negotiations between the airline and the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA).
The pilots are currently at loggerheads with the airline over pay rise issues.
The airline has offered the pilots an 11.5% salary increase over three years, against the pilots’ demand for 11.9% increase, owing to the fact that the airline posted an operating profit of nearly £2 billion ($2.5 billion) for 2018, an 11.6% increase over the previous year.
Despite the strike being called off, the airline had already cancelled passengers’ flights that were scheduled for September 27th, with some of the passengers already refunded or re-booked to other flights.
About 1,700 services were cancelled earlier this month when the pilots went on their first ever strike, affecting nearly 200,000 passengers.
British Airways, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, and the second largest airline in the United Kingdom, based on fleet size and passengers carried.
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