In total, 7% of the company’s flights from Heathrow and 14% from Gatwick will be cancelled. 70 destinations will be affected, including Athens.
London, Thanasis Gavos
Still 650 flights of those he had planned for July from the airports Heathrow and Gatwick of London will cancel the British Airwaysaccording to the Daily Telegraph.
The purpose of cancellations will be to produce one flight schedule which will actually be able to be implemented and thus avoid last-minute flight cancellations, a phenomenon that plagued thousands of passengers last month.
In total 7% of the airline’s flights from Heathrow will be cancelled and 14% from Gatwick. 70 destinations will be affected, including Athena and other popular British tourist resorts such as Ibiza, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca and Faro.
This of course means that up to 105,000 passengers (76,000 from Heathrow and 29,400 from Gatwick) who wanted to travel for their holiday on the affected flights will have to look for another available flight.
British Airways’ plan has reportedly been submitted to airport planning authorities and is part of the government’s “amnesty” for airlines to restructure their summer flight schedules without incurring financial penalties.
Companies must submit their new flight schedules by Friday. The purpose of the government move is to ensure that passengers can be properly served on the flights that will take place and that there are no last-minute cancellations or continued chaos at British airports.
It is noted that the June British Airways canceled 295 flightswhile many other airlines also canceled flights at the last minute.
THE easyJet, whose o General Manager of Operations resigned on Monday, canceled 742 flights within the last month.
A British Airways spokesperson said: “As the entire airline industry continues to face the most difficult period in its history, it has unfortunately become necessary to make some further reductions. We are in contact with our customers to apologize and offer new bookings or issue them full compensation.”
Ahead of Friday, similar announcements are expected from other companies.
Meanwhile, the inconvenience for the traveling public continued on Monday. At his airport Manchester the queue for security checks was reportedly all the way to the terminal car park. Queues at Heathrow Terminal 2 also stretched outside the building.
The problems are caused by major staff shortages airports and airlines.
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