{"id":14562,"date":"2019-08-07T11:33:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T10:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=14562"},"modified":"2019-08-07T11:37:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T10:37:38","slug":"british-airways-travellers-are-facing-delays-after-it-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/british-airways-travellers-are-facing-delays-after-it-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"British Airways travellers are facing delays after IT failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Holidaymakers using British Airways today are facing delays and problems checking in online after an IT glitch. AT least 81 more flights have now been cancelled at Heathrow Airport and 10 cancelled at Gatwick Airport. Over 200 flights are delayed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14563\" style=\"width: 918px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14563\" class=\" wp-image-14563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_1125144521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"908\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_1125144521.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_1125144521-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_1125144521-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">British Airways (BA) is reverting to manual systems for their check-ins at the airports. The company are apologising for the disruption and said customers on short-haul services from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City can re-book another day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A BA spokesman said: &#8220;We are very sorry to our customers for the disruption to their travel plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;We are working as quickly as possible to resolve a systems issue which has resulted in some short-haul cancellations and delays from London airports.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4WHTwEevJ7\">pic.twitter.com\/4WHTwEevJ7<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 British Airways (@British_Airways) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/British_Airways\/status\/1159030654979530752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-au \" data-ad-format=\"teads\" data-type=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-advert-rendered=\"4x4\">\n<div id=\"teads\" class=\"sdc-site-au__teads\" data-role=\"ad-container\" data-config=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;teads&quot;,&quot;ad-type&quot;:&quot;teads&quot;,&quot;targeting&quot;:[],&quot;size&quot;:{&quot;mobile&quot;:[[4,4]],&quot;tablet&quot;:[[4,4]],&quot;desktop&quot;:[[4,4]]}}\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;live&quot;,&quot;advert-targeting&quot;:{&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;live&quot;},&quot;artId&quot;:&quot;11779138&quot;}\" data-targeting-strnativekey=\"\" data-targeting-platform=\"\" data-tag=\"20346936\/skynews\/uk\/content\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-mpu\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-tolerance=\"2\" data-init=\"true\" data-slot-called=\"0\" data-google-query-id=\"CKWs26PF8OMCFYpfFQgdbAUOsg\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;A number of flights continue to operate but we are advising customers to check ba.com for the latest flight information before coming to the airport,&#8221; the spokesman added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;We are encouraging customers to check ba.com for the latest flight information, and to allow additional time at the airport.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The IT problem was not affecting every airport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This comes one day after a British Airways flight had to be evacuated after smoke filled the cabin. The airline confirmed an &#8220;incident&#8221; on flight BA422 which departed London Heathrow at 15:10 BST on Monday and landed in Valencia. Passengers had to slide down the emergency chutes to the runway, a statement from the company said the flight had &#8220;experienced a technical issue&#8221; as it approached Valencia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holidaymakers using British Airways today are facing delays and problems checking in online after an IT glitch. AT least 81 more flights have now been cancelled at Heathrow Airport and 10 cancelled at Gatwick Airport. Over 200 flights are delayed. British Airways (BA) is reverting to manual systems for their check-ins at the airports. 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