BA cabin crew have announced a series of further strikes which may affect travel over the May half-term holiday.

British Airways (BA) cabin crew will strike for a further 20 days in May and June as they voted overwhelmingly to reject BA’s latest offer.

Unite the Union, which represents BA Cabin crew said that strike action will be taken on the following days: 18-22 May inclusive, 24-28 May inclusive, 30 May – 3 June inclusive and 5-9 June inclusive – to the dismay of many families who plan to go away over the May half-term break.

Unite’s Joint General Secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley said: “Passengers and investors alike will be dismayed that British Airways’ management rejected an approach by the union over the weekend, after their offer had been comprehensively turned down by their own employees.

“Cabin crew are left with no choice but to take further strike action.  There can be no industrial peace without meaningful negotiations and while management victimises trade unionists and uses disciplinary procedures in a witch-hunt.”

While Unite claims that it is BA’s staff that will be victimised over this, BA look set to lose a considerable amount of money and passengers once again. BA officials will be trying to do everything they can to prevent the airline spiraling into collapse.

Air passengers have had their travel disrupted by strikes and the volcanic ash cloud already this year and will be devastated that holiday and business plans could once again be ruined by industrial action.

A statement from BA said that flights from Gatwick and London City airports will operate as normal, but flights from Heathrow may be affected. It could only confirm: “We plan to operate a substantial part of our longhaul schedule and there will be a number of daily flights to every destination across our shorthaul network.”

BA continued: “This decision has no semblance of justification. Unite’s officials continue to operate in their own world, showing callous disregard for our customers and their own members in all parts of our airline.

“We have made a very fair offer, which meets the concerns the union raised during 14 months of negotiations and also ensures that our crew remain the best rewarded in the UK airline industry. That offer remains available.”

Unite said it is intending to hold a further industrial action ballot of BA cabin crew over issues which have arisen from the company’s conduct during the dispute.