It has been reported that thousands of passengers are facing disruptions in their traveling plans as BA cabin crew strike entered second day.

BA reiterated its decision to operate more than 60 per cent of long-haul flights and more than 50 per cent of short-haul flights from London's Heathrow Airport. BA said it would fly 70 per cent of passengers to their destinations.

Enthusiasm and Determination was noticed among the strikers. Staff car in the parking were empty, demonstrating the impact the strike was having. There will be even greater disruption as the week progressed.

Unite says strike action so far this year has cost BA at least £63m, based on a loss of £7m a day over the nine days of industrial action.

Normally, BA flies between 75,000 and 80,000 passengers a day world-wide at this time of the year. But this year BA is expecting to fly 60,000 passengers on Tuesday. Other passengers may have rebooked to travel at later dates, will fly on planes leased by BA or will be switched to other carriers.

However, the airline did not reveal how many flights had been cancelled.

BA is taking some contingency measures to cope with the strike like it has leased eight planes with crews from other airlines so that it can fly more passengers who have booked with BA. The leased aircraft are deployed on short-haul routes.

The airline has also employed 24-hour shifts to provide flexibility so that it could replace crew with "scabs," a derogatory term for workers who break strikes.

A 15-month long dispute between BA and cabin crew arose when they could not hit an agreement with the management over pay and working conditions.