25,000 passengers hit by mass weekend flight cancellations by British Airlines

25,000 passengers hit by mass weekend flight cancellations there by ruining their Tour plans by British Airways.

An estimated 25,000 people have had their travel plans completely ruined by British Airways’ widespread flight cancellations over one of the busiest weekends of the year.

The cause of Friday’s more than 100 aircraft groundings was attributed to “adverse weather conditions in London.”

The majority of Friday’s BA cancellations occurred at London Heathrow, involving vacation flights to and from popular vacation spots like the Spanish islands of Ibiza and Mallorca as well as Larnaca in Cyprus.

There were 22 cancellations at London City, including flights to and from Barcelona, Florence, and Malaga.

In addition to the numerous travellers that awoke on Saturday morning in unexpected locations, British Airways has cancelled at least sixty further flights into and out of Heathrow.

Data from the airline’s website indicates that four flights to and from Dublin as well as six flights serving Barcelona are cancelled. Ground operations are operated for flights to and from Mediterranean destinations such as Athens, Ibiza, Naples, Palma, and Venice.

Furthermore, on Saturday morning, at least one flight from Heathrow to Hamburg that had been delayed over the previous night was cancelled.

“Appalled at the service from British Airways this morning,” actress Emma Lawton tweeted on X.

“They cancelled our Tour with little to no notice.

An hour later, we received a message claiming that we had been booked on a flight that didn’t exist, and the number we were given stated that they were too busy to speak with us.

“I have a talk scheduled in Madrid first thing in the morning, which seems unachievable right now. There are none available seats on other flights.

Many of the stranded customers are unable to find space on other British Airways flights because the majority of flights between London and mainland Europe are fully booked.

On Friday, an afternoon trip to London for a single passenger from Marseille to Heathrow was cancelled.

She was given a new ticket for a later BA flight, but that one was also cancelled.

She was rescheduled by British Airways for a Lufthansa flight on Saturday from Marseille to Frankfurt, with a stopover at Heathrow, meaning her arrival in London would have been delayed by 24 hours.

Despite being required to do so by European aviation passengers’ rights regulations, BA chose not to provide a hotel.

Rather, on Friday night, the traveler purchased a brand-new ticket with Ryanair.

It took over an hour to get through to the British Airways customer service line and obtain a refund.

Requests for comment from The Independent have not yet received a response from BA.

No other airline has cancelled any European flights to or from Heathrow on Saturday, according to data on Flightradar24.

Friday was expected to be the busiest day of the year for aircraft departing from UK airports, according to aviation expert Cirium, but a record is unlikely to have been established given the large number of cancellations.

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