BA boss Sean Doyle under pressure after flight cancellations
Summer holiday fears as British Airways axes hundreds more flights including US and Far East trips amid staff shortages
BA has already cancelled more than 1,000 flights over the past three weeks The airline is expected to cancel hundreds more between now and September Among the affected routes are flights to the US and the Far East, causing misery
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Family summer holidays face a new threat after British Airways axed hundreds of flights up until September.
The airline slashed flights on some routes to the US and the Far East, affecting thousands of travellers.
It raised fears last night that services on other popular routes will be axed this summer. BA has already cancelled more than 1,000 flights in little more than three weeks.
BA boss Sean Doyle’s future is uncertain as the airline announced it was planning to cancel hundreds of flights between now and December during the busiest time of the year
The airline has already cancelled thousands of flights, causing misery to the travelling public
Routes affected have included from London to Berlin, Dublin, Geneva, Paris, Stockholm, Athens and Prague. The flagship carrier axed another 200-plus flights over yesterday and on Wednesday, affecting an estimated 20,000 passengers.
BA boss Sean Doyle originally told staff in an internal message that flights would be cancelled until the end of next month, partly due to staff shortages.
But yesterday it emerged that the airline is cancelling half of flights between Heathrow and Miami, reducing them to one each way a day from June 4 until September 7.
BA said the cancelled daily flight to and from Miami would be picked up by American Airlines.
In an email to customers the airline apologised and said: ‘We’ll do everything we can to get you where you need to be.’
BA has already halted flights to Hong Kong and Tokyo and yesterday it said there would be no flights to Hong Kong until September and to Tokyo until October.
It is not yet clear how many other BA flights will be axed over the summer. Passengers who have their flight cancelled are entitled to a full cash refund or the airline should book them on another flight with a take-off time as close to the cancelled flight as possible.
The airline slashed thousands of jobs during the pandemic.
At the World Travel and Tourism Council’s summit in Manila in the Philippines yesterday, Paul Charles, of travel consultancy The PC Agency, suggested disruption could last many months.
‘Covid travel restrictions have brought about a destruction of talent through job losses,’ he said.
