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| Jobs shake-up as BA sells service | |
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| British Airways is in talks to transfer some ground handling operations and offer voluntary redundancies in a move affecting more than 430 Scots jobs. | British Airways is in talks to transfer some ground handling operations and offer voluntary redundancies in a move affecting more than 430 Scots jobs. |
| If the move goes ahead, BA ground staff at Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports would be transferred to Aviance UK, part of the Go-Ahead group. | If the move goes ahead, BA ground staff at Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports would be transferred to Aviance UK, part of the Go-Ahead group. |
| Details emerged as 15 flights were cancelled out of Scotland after the sale of BA Connect service to Flybe. | Details emerged as 15 flights were cancelled out of Scotland after the sale of BA Connect service to Flybe. |
| Edinburgh to Hamburg and Aberdeen to Manchester flights have been cancelled. | Edinburgh to Hamburg and Aberdeen to Manchester flights have been cancelled. |
| The move has affected 800 Scottish passengers who were booked on flights until 25 March. They have been offered alternative flights with BA. | The move has affected 800 Scottish passengers who were booked on flights until 25 March. They have been offered alternative flights with BA. |
| We are taking over an air service that has been losing £40m a year, because of that we are looking at culling 1% or 2% of loss-making flights Mike RutterFlybe spokesman | We are taking over an air service that has been losing £40m a year, because of that we are looking at culling 1% or 2% of loss-making flights Mike RutterFlybe spokesman |
| A new Flybe route between Edinburgh and Rennes in France will start in May. | |
| Two key routes from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle and Manchester, previously operated by BA Connect, will be transferred over to Flybe. | Two key routes from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle and Manchester, previously operated by BA Connect, will be transferred over to Flybe. |
| Flybe will also take over the routes from Glasgow to Manchester, Inverness to London Gatwick and Aberdeen to Birmingham. | Flybe will also take over the routes from Glasgow to Manchester, Inverness to London Gatwick and Aberdeen to Birmingham. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 'Loss-making flights' | 'Loss-making flights' |
| He said: "We are taking over an air service that has been losing £40m a year, because of that we are looking at culling 1% or 2% of loss-making flights. | He said: "We are taking over an air service that has been losing £40m a year, because of that we are looking at culling 1% 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." |
| Brendan Gold, Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) national secretary for civil air transport, said: "There is a growing mood of anger now as our members have suffered real anxieties about their futures since the announcement in November last year that BA intended to sell its BA Connect operation to Flybe." | Brendan Gold, Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) national secretary for civil air transport, said: "There is a growing mood of anger now as our members have suffered real anxieties about their futures since the announcement in November last year that BA intended to sell its BA Connect operation to Flybe." |
| Flybe will take over many BA Connect routes | Flybe will take over many BA Connect routes |
| 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 had entered exclusive talks with Aviance UK on Monday. | The spokesman said it had entered exclusive talks with Aviance UK on Monday. |
| He said a 90-day consultation about the 730 jobs affected, which includes posts in Manchester, 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. | 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. |
| Ed Blissett, GMB national officer said, "All BA workers at the six major regional airports of Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh will be devastated and fear for their future employment with BA." | Ed Blissett, GMB national officer said, "All BA workers at the six major regional airports of Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh will be devastated and fear for their future employment with BA." |
| I fly weekly and it has seriously impacted upon my carrier choice to any destination John DalzielBA Connect customer | |
| Customer Ian Fleming, from Stirling, told the BBC Scotland news website: "I've just started to use the Edinburgh to Southampton route as an alternative to Heathrow for meetings in the south west. | |
| "Yet again BA start toying with their customers and think that it is acceptable to just cancel routes that are not profitable at a moment's notice." | |
| John Dalziel, 37, an advertising company managing director from Edinburgh, said: "This has been going on for some time now, with nonsensical excuses ranging from technical issues with ageing aircraft, to Easyjet poaching BA Connect staff pre-takeover. | |
| "I fly weekly and it has seriously impacted upon my carrier choice to any destination." | "I fly weekly and it has seriously impacted upon my carrier choice to any destination." |