The airline plans a major restructuring which could trigger up to 12,000 redundancies and changes to the terms and conditions of remaining staff. Senior Labour MP Barbara Keeley called on the Government to deprive the flag carrier of sought-after slots at Heathrow Airport. “Yet British Airways still enjoys preferential treatment as our flag carrier, with a dominant position on slots at Heathrow. He said campaigners and unions were “calling on the Prime Minister to act, if BA continues with these plans, by amending BA's access to lucrative UK landing slots”. “The airline's actions have put its trusted brand and its control of lucrative UK landing slots at serious risk.

Source: Daily Mirror July 02, 2020 15:55 UTC