The Latest Breaking News from British Airways

A passenger at Gatwick described the situation as an ‘utter joke’

The British Airways captain had to make a May Day call and the plane was given priority landing when Gurpreet Dhillon, travelling from Malaga, Spain, became aggressive

Andrew Stemp, 56, from Kent was travelling with a partner on flight BA409 on Thursday, May 25 from Valencia to London’s Heathrow Airport with the plane arriving on time at 4.11pm at terminal three

Reports of clogged motorways add to news of travel chaos on bank holiday forecast to be busiest since pandemic

The ‘busiest late May bank holiday since before the pandemic’ is expected

Busiest weekend since 2019 is expected in the air and on the roads, with rail strikes blighting the second half of the half-term week

British Airways was forced to cancel more of its short-haul flights from Heathrow on Friday following a computer outage that knocked out parts of its service on Thursday, just as UK travelers prepare for one of the busiest travel periods with school half term holidays and an extended weekend.

Issue likely to cause long delays at passport controls for bank holiday travelers flying into the country

At least two British Airways flights to Glasgow were cancelled yesterday with the airline also reportedly cancelling over 60 flights from Heathrow airport on Thursday.