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| BA flights cancelled after sale | BA flights cancelled after sale |
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| A number of flights out of Scotland have been cancelled after British Airways confirmed the sale of its BA Connect service to Flybe. | A number of flights out of Scotland have been cancelled after British Airways confirmed the sale of its BA Connect service to Flybe. |
| British Airways said it had been trying to contact any passengers who will be affected by cancellations. | British Airways said it had been trying to contact any passengers who will be affected by cancellations. |
| Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham, and from Edinburgh to Birmingham and Southampton, have been cancelled. | Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham, and from Edinburgh to Birmingham and Southampton, have been cancelled. |
| Also, BA ground staff at Edinburgh and Glasgow told BBC Scotland they expected to be told about job cuts shortly. | Also, BA ground staff at Edinburgh and Glasgow told BBC Scotland they expected to be told about job cuts shortly. |
| Redundancies are expected after British Airways confirmed plans to transfer its ground handling operations at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. | |
| 'Money back' | 'Money back' |
| A spokesman for BA said 434 staff in Edinburgh (218), Glasgow (160), and Aberdeen (56) would be offered contracts with an outsourced company. | |
| The spokesman said it has entered exclusive talks with Aviance UK, part of the Go-ahead transport company on Monday. | |
| He said a 90-day consultation about the 730 jobs (including Manchester posts) affected had started with trades unions. | |
| Staff will be offered the choice of moving to Aviance UK, which is the largest ground handling company in Britain, redeployment within BA or voluntary severance. | |
| Flybe said the deal to take over BA Connect would see it become Europe's largest regional airline with passengers set to benefit from the deal. | Flybe said the deal to take over BA Connect would see it become Europe's largest regional airline with passengers set to benefit from the deal. |
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| Flybe said two routes from Scotland will be axed, but said it was not predicting any job losses. | Flybe said two routes from Scotland will be axed, but said it was not predicting any job losses. |
| It also said it planned to operate some new routes. | It also said it planned to operate some new routes. |
| Mike Rutter, spokesman for Flybe, said passenger disruption caused by the BA Connect sale would be kept to a minimum. | Mike Rutter, spokesman for Flybe, said passenger disruption caused by the BA Connect sale would be kept to a minimum. |
| He added: "We are taking over an air service that has been losing £40m a year, because of that we are looking at culling one or 2% of loss-making flights. | He added: "We are taking over an air service that has been losing £40m a year, because of that we are looking at culling one or 2% of loss-making flights. |
| "None of these cancellations are being carried out immediately. Passengers travelling on these routes will be offered alternative flights with compensation or will have their money refunded." | "None of these cancellations are being carried out immediately. Passengers travelling on these routes will be offered alternative flights with compensation or will have their money refunded." |