Posted on 08/02/2022 6:08:43 PM PDT by george76
The airline suspended the sale of short-haul flights departing from Heathrow until Aug. 15.
The move comes after Heathrow asked airlines to limit new bookings amid staff shortages.
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LONDON — British Airways suspended the sale of short-haul flight tickets departing from London’s Heathrow after the airport asked airlines to limit new bookings.
In a statement Tuesday, the airline said the move was taken in response to Heathrow’s cap on passenger numbers.
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given the restrictions imposed on us and the ongoing challenges facing the entire aviation industry
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Europe’s biggest airport by passenger numbers announced on July 12 that it would impose a cap of 100,000 daily departing passengers as the airline industry continues to face a host of challenges.
Luggage hasn’t made it to the correct destinations, masses of staff have staged walkouts and pilots are in an “absolute mess” as they try to cover team shortages
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The rest of Europe..
Europe’s third-biggest airport, Amsterdam’s Schiphol, also announced a number of passenger caps through the summer.
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Wasn’t ‘short haul’ typically a gatwick thing anyway?
1) No luggage or food.
2) Increase the number and comfort of passengers.
3) Profit.
Allow shoebox sized carry on.
Someone will create InstaLuggage. Picked up at your door, waiting in your room.
I’m not a luggage guy unless there’s a location shoot or travel overseas. I learned early on to hand carry and do it light. Passport, cash, laptop, that’s it. They lose my luggage< i dont care because they’re 99% clothes and they’re replaceable. My uncle who is a retired pilot told me always expect the airline swill lose your luggage.
My friends went to France for a BMX world champion race. (She lost, but it was great to watch). Coming home she they were delayed over 2 days and now all their luggage, including a $6,000 bike, is lost. She put a tag on the bike and it’s 6000 miles away from Las Vegas, where they landed.
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