BA stated the “overwhelming majority” of its flights have been working on Friday.
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London’s Heathrow airport was hit by disruptions on Friday as UK’s flag service airline British Airways cancelled dozens of flights over the course of two days following a technical concern.
The cancellations come forward of a protracted weekend with a public vacation on Monday and half-term faculty vacation.
BA stated the “overwhelming majority” of its flights have been working on Friday after it cancelled “a few of our short-haul flights from Heathrow as a result of knock-on impact of a technical concern that we skilled” on Thursday.
Heathrow stated on its web site that “following a technical concern resolved in a single day, there should still be cancellations or delays to arriving and departing British Airways flights” on Friday.
In accordance with aviation analytics firm Cirium, 175 flights have been cancelled over the course of Thursday and Friday, leaving 1000’s of travellers affected.
Heathrow additionally stated {that a} safety guards strike at its Terminal 5 this weekend “could trigger disruption to the journey plans of some passengers”.
The RAC motoring organisation predicted the busiest late Could financial institution vacation on the roads since 2019, with greater than 19 million leisure automobile journeys anticipated over the lengthy weekend.
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