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| Airport baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow and Aberdeen airports are set to hold a series of 48-hour strikes in a row over pay. | Airport baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow and Aberdeen airports are set to hold a series of 48-hour strikes in a row over pay. |
| The Unite union said members working for SAS Ground Services would walk out from 22 December, with further strikes from Boxing Day and 3 January. | The Unite union said members working for SAS Ground Services would walk out from 22 December, with further strikes from Boxing Day and 3 January. |
| Unite says the stoppages will affect travellers on Emirates, Turkish and Thai airlines at Heathrow. | Unite says the stoppages will affect travellers on Emirates, Turkish and Thai airlines at Heathrow. |
| A spokesman for Emirates said it expected no impact on its services. | |
| No-one from SAS Ground Services has been available for comment. | |
| Emirates has also yet to comment. | Emirates has also yet to comment. |
| Unite added that passengers flying from Aberdeen with KLM, Air France and Wideroe and Atlantic will also be affected. | Unite added that passengers flying from Aberdeen with KLM, Air France and Wideroe and Atlantic will also be affected. |
| "It is deeply regrettable that our members have been forced into a position where they have to threaten industrial action over the Christmas and New Year period to get this company to play fair," said Unite's regional industrial officer Kevin Hall. | "It is deeply regrettable that our members have been forced into a position where they have to threaten industrial action over the Christmas and New Year period to get this company to play fair," said Unite's regional industrial officer Kevin Hall. |
| The planned strikes come as British Airways cabin crew are due to walk out for 12 days from 22 December. | The planned strikes come as British Airways cabin crew are due to walk out for 12 days from 22 December. |