Here’s the full list of BA Heathrow, Gatwick and London City cancellations for August

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• roger says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:12

  I am observing one flight from LHR to INV which more than doubled in price few days ago and now back to normal price for new bookings so assume it won’t be cancelled. It is towards end of August.

• Sam Bentley says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:20

  I’ve just had my flight to Seville cancelled from Gatwick. August the 2nd. Spent the day trying to call and the phones cut off after 5 mins. Stressful to say the least!

• Ralphy says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:21

  I imagine the upside of this is a Win for many passengers, particularly with flights being so expensive right now. We were booked on a “cheaper” late flight into Barcelona and are now on an early flight that was just too expensive to book at the time.

• kt1974 says:

  12 Jul12 July 06:35

  The changes are pretty brutal in Sept too (also on Aeroroutes) – eg Oslo and Copenhagen have gone from up to 4/5 flights a day to just 1 in some cases. The first I hear about cancellations is a seat change email. Then you get auto-rebooked on a generally unacceptable flight. MMB on the website often isn’t working, but app usually fine. And if you click through there are options for non-BA flights too: I’ve rebooked my Oslo onto Finnair (longer flights, but more likely to run, nice big planes, and more Avios/TP bonus!)

• John says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:02

  Belfast City (BHD) from Heathrow, rather than Belfast International (BFS) surely?

  • Rwac1 says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:19

    Correct, BA don’t fly to BFS.

• Stephen says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:22

  Doesn’t seem to be a complete list? We had flights to Seville booked in August from Gatwick, out and return both cancelled yesterday.

  • Rhys says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:54

    All we can do is publish the filed schedules! This data is from a couple of days ago, though.

• Mikel says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:47

  They’ve already started on September. Received an email last Wednesday to advise that the flight would be operated by Iberia – less than a week later, the flight is now cancelled.

• Nerock says:

  12 Jul12 July 07:50

  I’m sure it’s just bad phrasing but surprised the below made it through the normally high headforpoints standards. It is obvious that cutting flights is cutting capacity meaning less passengers at the airport. Current demand is so high that a 20% cut in flights will translate to similar reduction in passengers assuming similar load factor and a roughly equal capacity (aircraft size) amongst the flights cancelled. There were thousands of unbooked seats on these summer flights yet which cannot be sold anymore since many will be taken up by rebooked passengers. Some of which will of course rather abandon plans due to inconvenient new flights and ask for refund instead. It is also an important factor that by cutting flights the aircraft utilisation rate is reduced meaning much needed slack capacity in the system against the anticipated significant delays.

  The main driver behind these cuts is the lack of available ground staff to handle the aircraft. The actual number of passengers handled will not change hugely, since passengers on cancelled flights will be rebooked

  • Rhys says:

    12 Jul12 July 07:55

    It would be interesting to see the number of people who rebook vs who take a refund. I think many will want to rebook.

    • nerock says:

      12 Jul12 July 12:34

      I agree I think most people want to rebook a cancelled flight, though particularly with short trips the limited flight options can often make it impractical.. But my main point was that I think it was really incorrect to say in the article that passenger numbers would not change hugely after cancellations..

      • Rob says:

        12 Jul12 July 12:37

        You’re probably not rebooking a Heathrow flight. I expect this option to be withdrawn given the news today about the 100,000 person cap to 11th September.

        • nerock says:

          12 Jul12 July 12:58

          Well I’m sure airlines will make the most of it but there are some legal obligations there..

      • Lady London says:

        12 Jul12 July 12:58

        Then people should just reroute to Christmas, February school hols or Easter. Still swopping like for like in terms of desirability, or as close as can be got, if cancelled from peak summer out of Heathrow.

        Personally if cancelled and not able to rebook still at a near date I want I would do absolutely nothing. It’s OK not to take any alternative flight BA puts in MMB, just don’t accept it leave it there, you can let the date pass while you consider/wait for/rearrange plans. I’d be calling early October to reroute – or now if I’m sure I want to use my right to choose a new date if that date is another peak period.

        I’d certainly not accept a refund now as that closes off all my options. Best to wait for the smoke to clear then rationally select reroute or refund.

  • Brian78 says:

    12 Jul12 July 11:03

    There must be fewer passengers as Heathrow said “almost 6 million” travelled June.

    The equivalent number in June 2019 was 7.2 million.

  • Rob says:

    12 Jul12 July 11:40

    No longer. Heathrow has just told airlines to stop selling flights completely until after the Summer.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      12 Jul12 July 11:53

      How much compensation is Heathrow offering up for that?

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