Between late October and March, British Airways will discontinue almost 10,000 short-haul services to and from Heathrow Airport.
Some long-haul flights will also be impacted by the change, which is intended to minimize inconvenience over the winter, according to the airline.
Up until the end of October, BA said it will also eliminate 629 flights, or 12 roundtrips per day.
Due to a lack of workers, Heathrow, which serves as BA’s primary hub, has limited the amount of passengers it can handle.
According to BA, it was “safeguarding important vacation spots throughout half-term.”
According to a statement, the majority of cancellations will be on routes where there are alternative daily trips to the same locations.
A different flight with BA or another airline, or a refund, will be offered to passengers affected by the modifications, it was added.
Despite the majority of flights remaining unaltered, BA stated that there was “little” impact on consumers.
Customers with winter travel reservations will be able to proceed as scheduled, and any adjustments will be announced several months in advance, according to a statement.
The airline stated that over the winter it planned to run an average of 290 roundtrips daily from London Heathrow.
The major airline at Heathrow, British Airways, earlier this month put a two-week hold on ticket sales for short-haul flights out of the airport. This is done in order to stay under the airport’s daily cap of 100,000 passengers.
This cap was been extended to October 29 from its original expiration date of September 11th.
Heathrow claimed that the cap had been successful in reducing last-minute cancellations and delays while also improving baggage delivery while announcing the extension.
Over the course of the entire summer, BA already reduced close to 30,000 flights, and it had planned a gradual increase in reductions as we approached winter. But because to the passenger cap, fewer people can ride than anticipated.
