British Airways

[ridgeback]

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There is a late rotation every Sunday.....

 

[scottrhino]

I see the 13.50 inbound has been cancelled today. Anyone have a reason.....poor load, aircraft shortage at LHR!!!

 

[whoshotjimmi]

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There is a late rotation every Sunday.....

Seemingly not on the day I wished to book. I had the option of early or midday. The same thing occurred last time I wished to book. That time. I ended up driving instead. This time. Though annoying, I was able to choose the midday, though I would have preferred late.

 

[jason1-11]

I see the 13.50 inbound has been cancelled today. Anyone have a reason.....poor load, aircraft shortage at LHR!!!

BA may be short of aircraft as both EDI and GLA are receiving 777''s today from LHR.

 

[arry]

It doesn't really matter whether it's this or that which interferes with the schedule, at the end of the day all we want is a dependable service which allows us to connect with the wider schedule! On 3 May my daughter, a regular traveller to the USA, was flying on the early shuttle to LHR to connect to a flight to JFK on her honeymoon. The night before the flight was cancelled due to over running maintenance on the aircraft. We eventually ended up on a direct AA flight from Manchester. We learn not to bother with the LBA/LHR shuttle and drive over to Manchester. We don't ask for a lot, just a dependable service and not just to be treated as a third class service.

 

[ridgeback]

Seemingly not on the day I wished to book. I had the option of early or midday. The same thing occurred last time I wished to book

You are really unlucky.

I've caught it most weeks now on a Sunday evening for the last 3 years

 

[whoshotjimmi]

I have had a quick look at the BA app (I am getting quite good at apps these days) and it would appear that the late rotation is not operating on Sundays throughout July. With regards luck, I think it is quite unfortunate that a regular customer like myself (check the box below - it is my most frequented route) is coming up against these problems. The question I ask is, how many other people not quite so mouthy as myself are also finding this problem and simply switching to the train, not to return? Not to mention the alarmingly high number of cancellations. Like I said, on this occasion, I was flexible enough to be able to choose the midday flight though it was not necessarily ideal. Last time, it was not an option.

This sort of thing dents customer confidence. We have been saying ever since the Heathrow service returned that people need to patronise it or it would disappear. Well BA, the customer needs a reliable product in order to do that. The very cynical part of me wonders whether there is a bit of dirty tricks involved to try and reduce numbers enough to warrant its cessation. The VERY cynical part. The concilliatory part of me thinks that as July is the start of the school holidays, there might not be quite so many business passengers knocking around.

Lastly, the plainly ridiculous part of me is looking at some of the changes made to the flight times into the future and thinking that they are starting to look, little by little, more like the sort of schedule that would indicate a night stopper. I must be getting tired.

 

[ridgeback]

Let's hope you are correct

 

[Aviador]

"Leeds Bradford Airport has agreed a deal for passengers on British Airways flights to Heathrow Terminal 5 to travel for free on the Heathrow Express rail link to central London throughout June and July.

The deal has been struck between the airport and Heathrow Express, the non-stop train service between Heathrow and London Paddington station.

Taking about 20 minutes from Terminal 5, passengers to the Heathrow Express will benefit from WiFi, Hex TV, at seat power and dedicated luggage space."

https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yorkshire/leeds-bradford-agrees-london-rail-deal

 

[lbaspotter]

I see the daily fail has got wind of today's British Airways SHT1340 service emergancy divert back to Heathrow.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...t-priority-landing-return-London-airport.html

 

[whoshotjimmi]

An outstanding piece of journalism there. They seem to have been looking to this very forum for answers. Kudos everyone for being at the forefront of British news reporting! Even if it is the Daily Fail.

 

[a300boy]

Todays lunchtime rotation has been canceled. does anyone on the forum know why ?

 

[AirBingley]

If its any consolation we're not the only ones to have been cancelled short notice - our neighbours in Manchester have also suffered as have others - there seems to be a few nasty delays again at LHR - BA seem to take out a few shorter duration mid day flights to try to get the evening wave back on track when the delays creep in!

 

[jason1-11]

If its any consolation we're not the only ones to have been cancelled short notice - our neighbours in Manchester have also suffered as have others - there seems to be a few nasty delays again at LHR - BA seem to take out a few shorter duration mid day flights to try to get the evening wave back on track when the delays creep in!

And Newcastle also.

 

[whoshotjimmi]

I have to say, it has been a catastrophic few months for BA and the LHR service. Absolutely dreadful performance and playing into the hands of the likes of KLM, Aer Lingus and Virgin Trains.

I would also like to point out that, according to Flight Radar, the flight was cancelled yesterday, suggesting that it was a pre-emptive cancellation.

 

[David_itl]

The problem is that any kind of iffy weather forecast for the London area may see the CAA/NATS advise airlines to "ration" their services - LHR is pretty much at 98% to 99% capacity so any issues that arise can see significant delays. Consequently for BA, when push comes to shove it is probably better for them to operate all long-haul flights and reduce domestic flying. This, of course, does allow the likes of EI, KL, LH and AF to cash in for travellers going further afield as they are normally known for not cancelling services (if we can overlook the strikes that occur at LH and AF!).

 

[AirBingley]

Experienced the BA cancellation process first hand this morning. Through checked on the morning northbound and it was cancelled with a text just after 3 am. The transit involved an overnight at LHR and on arrival at T5 departures landside it was carnage - a queue over half the length of T5 to rebook as the last 2 days have caused massive operational problems for BA (not helped by a move to a new system which seemed to need everything keying in twice during changeover which made life painfully slow) - the chap on the desk said that it was a mix of crew and aircraft not being in the right place - they really don't like cancelling flights as it does cause a lot of problems.

We weren't initially offered the afternoon flight as it was full but he agreed to overbook it after smiling sweetly as by the time we were served the offer of the train seemed hardly worthwhile - in the event there were 2 spare seats. One bag arrived and the other did not which is bizarre!

As we sat the cancellations started again and the rebooking queues grew once more! It does not seem happy period for BA at LHR. One thing I would say is that BA had lots of leaflets around about passenger compensation!

 

[Gray Ham]

Came up on northbound BA flight this evening. A little apprehensive about using the service given frequency of cancellations and because flying out of LBA early tomorrow. In the event no problem save half hour late arrival due to " operational problems" at LHR. The flight was fully booked which makes one wonder how well this route could do with a night stopper and better reliability.

 

[a300boy]

Another cancellation this evening ! Anyone know why ?

 

[David_itl]

THey're not just doing the LBA cancellation - this is what FR24 has got from 7.20pm


19:20 EI178 Dublin (DUB) Aer Lingus A320 EI-DEH Canceled
19:40 LH2480 Munich (MUC) Lufthansa A320 D-AIUQ Canceled
19:50 BA337 Paris (ORY) British Airways A320 G-EUYP Canceled
19:50 BA1495 Glasgow (GLA) British Airways A321 G-EUXK Canceled
20:30 BA913 Frankfurt (FRA) British Airways A319 G-EUPY Canceled
20:30 BA1345 Leeds (LBA) British Airways A319 G-EUPZ Canceled
20:55 BA1463 Edinburgh (EDI) British Airways A320 G-EUYL Canceled
21:05 BA945 Dusseldorf (DUS) British Airways A319 G-EUPU Canceled
21:40 BA1337 Newcastle (NCL) British Airways A319 G-EUPH Canceled
22:00 BA839 Dublin (DUB) British Airways A319 G-EUOG Canceled
22:10 BA465 Madrid (MAD) British Airways A319 G-EUOH Canceled
22:30 BA749 Basel (BSL) British Airways A319 G-EUPM Canceled

Would have thought weather related?