Heathrow flight cancellations: Airline cancels more flights affecting thousands | Travel News | Travel
British Airways has cut the most flights due to the issue with 36 domestic and international departures cut.
Some of the flight cancellations were pre-planned and destinations affected include Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
Air France and Virgin Atlantic have also grounded flights due to the Heathrow order.
A Heathrow spokesperson said: “We are expecting higher passenger numbers in Terminals 3 and 5 tomorrow than the airport currently has capacity to service, and so to maintain a safe operation we have asked some airlines in Terminals 3 and 5 to remove a combined total of 48 flights from the schedule.
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“We apologise for the impact to travel plans and we are working closely with airlines to get affected passengers rebooked onto other flights.”
Affected passengers will likely not to be entitled to any cash compensation as the cancellation isn’t the airlines’ fault.
Virgin Atlantic said Heathrow Airport had urged airlines not to offer same-day alternatives to affected passengers.
Virgin said the cancellations were due to “significant security delays and baggage system failures this weekend.”
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It said: “Our teams are working hard to ensure customers can complete their journey as quickly as possible, with the option to rebook on a later date or request a refund.
“Working closely with Heathrow and partners, our collective focus is on our customers, ensuring we minimise the impact to their journeys.
“We’re also doing everything we can to locate and return any bags that missed flights to customers as quickly as possible, loading them onto the next available services.
“We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused to affected customers.”
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