British Airways to cancel nearly 10,000 flights

British Airways (BA) has announced it will be making "some further cancellations" up to the end of October, and cutting thousands of flights from its winter schedule. It follows the decision by Heathrow to continue its passenger cap, introduced in July because of staff shortages.

Report informs, citing Sky News, that a BA spokesperson said: "While the vast majority of our customers will travel as planned, and we're protecting key holiday destinations over half-term, we will need to make some further cancellations up to the end of October."

They added: "In addition, we're giving customers travelling with us this winter notice of some adjustments to our schedule, which will include consolidating some of our short-haul flights to destinations with multiple services.

"We'll be offering customers affected by any of these changes an alternative flight with British Airways or another airline, or the option of a refund."

Total capacity for the winter schedule until the end of March will be reduced by 8% and impact around 10,000 flights.