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Emily Pacey
6-Oct-2005
Passenger traffic at British Airways is "back to normal" after disruption caused by the Gate Gourmet dispute at Heathrow
British Airways (BA) traffic levels have recovered in September after strikes by BA and Gate Gourmet staff over workers sacked by inflight caterer disrupted the carrier's services in August. The airline carried 3.21m people in September, 2.8% more than the year before. Asia/Pacific flights showed the biggest rise at 18.8%, and north and South American traffic grew by 8.1%.Strike action by Gate Gourmet staff meant the airline was unable to offer normal meals on short-haul flights during most of August, while many flights were cancelled when BA staff participated in sympathy strikes. Last week Gate Gourmet and labour unions agreed a peace deal which looks likely to end the dispute.
BA head of investor relations George Stines said: "I would say we are back to normal. We are pretty happy with the performance."
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