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Day: 28 August 2019

Eric Cantona to receive UEFA prize in Monaco

by: Cassandra Tanti
28/08/2019

Football legend and former French International star Eric Cantona has been slated to receive the prestigious UEFA President’s Award today in Monaco.

Eric Cantona

This tribute paid to the 53-year-old striker “recognises outstanding achievements, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities,” according to the UEFA guidelines for the award.

“This award not only recognises his career as a player of the highest calibre, but also honours him for the person he is – a man who refuses compromise, who stands up for his values, who speaks his mind and in particular puts his heart and his soul into supporting the causes he believes in,”said UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, who chose Cantona for the distinction.

Cantona’s life after football has been incredibly active. He became an actor and was a main player in developing beach football as a popular sport.

The President’s Award was created in 1998 and Cantona is the third former Man U player to be presented with the prize.

BA’s impending pilot’s strike causing chaos

by: Cassandra Tanti
28/08/2019

British Airways pilots are set to go on strike on 9th, 10th and 27th September, but early fallout is happening now.

Passengers have been fighting to get through to speak to agents, not only to rebook tickets scheduled for the strike days, but to clarify whether other flights had indeed been cancelled. 

British Airways inadvertently sent out messages on Friday to customers due to fly on other days, stating their flights were cancelled.  Many of these customers frantically made alternative plans, only to hear back later that day that the message had been sent in error and their original flights were not altered after all.   

Passengers who had flights booked on strike days will be given the option to book another day or to get full refunds. Those who received the erroneous email, though, will be looked at on a case-by-case basis only.  

To handle the influx of calls, BA has added more than 100 customer service staff to the roster to help field inquiries.

British Airways has suffered more than one “glitch” this summer.  In early August a computer system failure caused many flight cancellations and delays.