UK: Heathrow’s airport asked airlines to cut around 60 flights from Monday’s schedules. Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said the airport would request “further action if necessary”.
The travel disruption affects Tens of thousands of UK passengers.
British Airways, last week said it was cutting 10,300 more short-haul flights between August and the end of October. The announcement, affecting Heathrow, Gatwick and City airports, means nearly 30,000 flights will have been removed from BA’s schedule between April and October this year.
Heathrow apologised to passengers affected by “long queue times, delays for passengers with reduced mobility, bags not travelling with passengers or arriving late”, at times in recent weeks.
Booming demand for summer travel after two years of COVID-19 travel restrictions has swamped airlines and airports in Europe, which have been left shorthanded after laying off many pilots, cabin crew, check-in staff, ground crew and baggage handlers.
