According to reports, Qantas says that its own customers affected by the British Airways strike will not be left stranded. Qantas will arrange alternative flights for these consumers in an attempt to show that Qantas is willing to go above and beyond their call of duty.

Just recently, thousands of British Airways cabin crew members began a three day strike after their last efforts to avoid the strike collapsed. Although the first strike may be over, the second four day strike will be taking place this coming weekend.

Passengers that are facing disruptions include travelers who are going between Australia and Britain. Qantas said its priority was to accommodate passengers booked on connecting British Airways services on its own flights, or to offer alternatives.

British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh and the joint leader of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, emerged from talks not too along ago with a failure to meet an agreement. Although both sides say that they are ready for more talks, no further talks have been scheduled before the next strike. This means that further delays and disruptions could be on the way.

More than 1,000 flights had to be canceled during the three day strike. Despite this, British Airways was able to keep about 90 percent of their long haul planes going. Although this was helpful, there was still a percentage of people that were left without a flight. These are the people that Qantas hopes to help. It will be interesting to see just how many flights have to be canceled over the 4 day strike that is coming up.