I swear the Gods are messing with me...

British Airways has suspended ticket sales on short-haul flights from Heathrow until at least August 8th after the London airport’s decision to cap capacity and tackle widespread disruption and cancellations. I' have tickets (thankfully already booked) from Heathrow to Belfast for the first week of September. They better have this shit cleared up by then...

The airline said the sales suspension on domestic and European destinations was designed to allow existing customers to rebook flights when needed.

Airlines and airports across Britain and Europe have struggled to cope with the rebound in post-lockdown travel, with many failing to recruit enough staff to handle check-ins and baggage.

Heathrow, like Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, has told airlines to limit the number of tickets they sell over the summer, after it capped the number of passengers flying from the hub at 100,000 a day to limit queues, baggage delays and cancellations.

 

“As a result of Heathrow’s request to limit new bookings, we’ve decided to take responsible action and limit the available fares on some Heathrow services to help maximise rebooking options for existing customers, given the restrictions imposed on us and the ongoing challenges facing the entire aviation industry,” BA said in a statement.

However, one industry expert argued that it was positive news for consumers because it would allow the airline to make sure that people who had confirmed bookings would still be able to fly on schedule.

We originally scheduled this trip back in Feruary of 2020, and we've been cancelled and rebooked three different times already because of all that covid bullshit.

I swear the Gods conspire against me. I know - 

I can hear them laughing in the background...

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