British Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis urged cabin crew at British Airways to call off their planned strikes this month, saying it threatened the company's very existence.
Cabin crew are due to walk out on seven days this month after talks between the airline and unions on changes to working practices broke down. Analysts say the dispute could cost the airline around GBP£140 million pounds (USD$212 million).
BA has trained staff from other areas of the company to fill in as cabin crew during the strike and has said it will hire 23 fully-crewed planes from charter companies to help run flights from London's Heathrow airport
The following airlines are being chartered for flights operating between 20 and 22 March 2010:
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