British workers at the airports in Britain are theatening with a strike at the beginning of the year that will bring chaos for travellers.

Over one million passengers will be affected by the strike of almost 5,000 airport workers who will protest over pensions, Guardian Unlimited reports.

Other strikes are also planned on trains, buses and airplanes.

Seven of the British airports may be closed as British Airports Authority (BAA) staff will go on stirke.

The major airports that will face this will be London’s  Heathrow and Gatwick. Other airports that will be affected are Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stansted and Aberdeen.

Workers from security guards, adminsitrators, to firefighters will begin strike on January 7 at 6 a.m. for 24 hours, at 6 a.m. on January 14. The third strike will be held on January 17 and will last 48 hours, the Press Association informs.

Airports Manchester, East Midlands and Liverpool's John Lennon will have to cope with trafic on strike days. These airports are not owned by BAA.

After BAA announced that it will close for new entrants company’s final salary pension scheme, the members of the Unite union voted 2-1 for a strike in a ballot.

National Officer Brendan Gold said: "I am astonished and amazed at the way BAA has refused to tackle this issue. BAA has just posted profits of over £500 million and the Spanish owners Ferrovial have seen their profits rise by nearly 60%. It is clear that our members' pension scheme is financially sound and should be left alone. After a series of fruitless meetings with the company our members have been left with no option but to resort to industrial action to defend their interests."

Unions said that they are opened to discussions with BAA about pension schemes but only if the company takes the decision to close the sheme for new entrants.

Unions were asked by BAA to dicuss.

A spokesman for BAA said: "We continue to believe that industrial action is unnecessary, as none of our existing employees will be affected by the changes to our pension arrangements.”

He also said that BAA recognises that these are important issues and that they will be discussed with the unions and staff. He asked for the understanding of the passengers during the talks.