To avoid chaos and deal with the shortage of employees at Heathrow airport, the British airline is adjusting its short flight schedule.
The British airline British Airways will cut 10,000 more flights from Heathrow until the end of March, in the wake of an extension of limits introduced by the London airport. The company is adjusting its short flight schedule until the end of March, cutting its flight plans by some 5,000 round trips, or a total of 10,000 flights, it confirmed on Monday.
It will count on its schedule 290 daily round trips from Heathrow, its main base, this winter. “After Heathrow’s decision to extend its limits of passengers carried“due to staff shortages and to avoid chaos in the airport, “we are adjusting our short flight schedule“commented a spokesperson.
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Flight capacity reduced by 7% for this winter
Affected passengers will be offered reassignment to another airline or competitor flight or a refund. Given the flight cuts it had already announced, British Airways indicates that its capacity is thus reduced by 13% for the period from May to October.
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The company had also temporarily suspended ticket sales for its short flights at Heathrow in early August. British Airways also specifies that its flight capacity is reduced by 8% for this winter with the announced adjustments. Heathrow, main “hub» British, announced last week to extend until the end of October a limitation on the number of departing passengers initially planned until the beginning of September, due to a shortage of workers and to avoid chaos at airports.
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