BREAKING: British Airways cancels 78 more Heathrow flights after Covid surge.
British Airways has cancelled 78 flights scheduled to or from Heathrow Airport today as Covid-related staff shortages wreak havoc on the industry.
The total includes flights axed due to last month’s decision by the airline to reduce its schedule until the end of May to boost reliability.Frustrated travellers, with overstretched staff trying to cope with ‘no leadership, direction or management’. People have been left queuing for hours on end, while others have been stranded in foreign cities due to planes landing too late for them to make connecting flights.
One passenger told how the situation was so bad at Manchester Airport, that the check-in and security queues ended up merging, with the city’s Mayor Andy Burnham calling for police to intervene.
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