HEATHROW STRIKE UPDATE: British Airways cancellations and terminal switches
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The strike has been suspended for Monday 5th August. Strikes for Tuesday 6th August are still scheduled. Read our latest update.
For official information on the BA situation, check this page of ba.com
For official information on the Virgin Atlantic situation, check this page of the Virgin website
For all other airlines, please check the respective airline website. Whilst BA and Virgin Atlantic are not cancelling long-haul services, other airlines are doing so.
British Airways has released the first batch of flight cancellations and terminal switches for Monday.
This is due to industrial action by Heathrow employees.
According to BA travel trade reports, the following flights are cancelled but will still depart (empty) so the inbound flights will operate as usual.
BA cancellations for Monday:
07.05 Frankfurt
07.10 Glasgow
07.10 Gibraltar
07.30 Lisbon
07.45 Edinburgh
08.15 Faro
08.20 Amsterdam
08.25 Luxembourg
09.45 Nice
09.50 Prague
10.05 Vienna
10.35 Dublin
10.50 Dusseldorf
16.15 Glasgow
16.25 Edinburgh
16.30 Munich
16.40 Barcelona
The following services will switch from Terminal 3 to Terminal 5:
16.40 Las Vegas
19.15 Barcelona
19.15 Vienna
20.00 Marseille
20.00 Prague
20.45 Budapest
20.30 Lisbon
21.40 Cape Town
This cancellation list looks a little light, to be honest – Heathrow has asked for 85+ daily cancellations so BA’s share would be 40+. Let’s see.
A decision on whether to run the A350 inaugural flight tomorrow afternoon will be taken in the morning.
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As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!
In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.
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