Travellers flying with some airlines from London Heathrow could be affected by a three-day strike by refuelling staff at the airport.
Workers employed by Aviation Fuel Services (AFS) are set to walk out from 05.00 on Thursday (21 July) until 04.59 on Sunday (24 July) in a dispute over pay.
AFS supplies fuel to around half of the non-British Airways traffic at Heathrow airport, including Virgin Atlantic, United, Singapore, KLM, American, Emirates, Air France and Delta.
The strike has been called by the Unite union after its members rejected AFS’ offer of a 10 per cent pay increase because it did not meet workers’ expectations.
Unite’s regional officer Kevin Hall said: “The strike action will cause severe disruption and delays at Heathrow but this dispute is entirely of AFS’ own making. It initially refused to enter into negotiations and only belatedly made an offer which workers judged entirely unacceptable.
“Even at the 11th hour strike action could be avoided if AFS made a substantially improved offer. The clock is ticking for AFS.”
AFS has been approached for comment by BTN Europe.