British Airways suspends Heathrow flights as Storm Lilian set to hit UK | UK News

Make yourself a very strong coffee if you have to fly BA tomorrow morning after a series of cancellations.

The airline has axed a number of international and domestic holiday flights at the London transport hub ahead of the long bank holiday weekend.

The list of destinations includes must-see vacation spots like Barcelona and Rome.

British Airways cancelled eight flights while five others appeared as delayed on the airport’s departures board and BA’s website.

Here is a list of all the British Airways flights from Heathrow were cancelled on Friday.

British Airways BA BA472 at 6:15 to Barcelona

British Airways BA1430 at 6:15am to Edinburgh

British Airways BA552 at 6:50 to Rome

British Airways BA304 at 7:10 to Paris

British Airways BA1472 at 7:10 to Glasgow

British Airways BA1304 at 7:30am to Aberdeen

British Airways BA752 at 8:15 to Basel

British Airways BA1370 at 8:45am to Manchester

And here it is the five delayed flights.

British Airways BA494 at 13:35 to Palma

British Airways BA127 at 14:05 to Doha

British Airways BA171 at 5:05am to Pittsburgh

British Airways BA099 at 17:05 to Toronto

British Airways BA958 at 20:20 to Munich

No flights from other carriers were listed as cancelled or delayed as of 8pm this evening.

A British Airways spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: “Due to restrictions imposed by air traffic control at Heathrow Airport due to the adverse weather conditions forecast for tomorrow, we have made some minor adjustments to our schedule.

“We have apologised to our customers for the disruption to their travel plans and our teams are working to get them to their destination as quickly as possible.”

Friday’s cancellations come after BA was found to have a cancellation rate of just 3.2% in a global airline ranking – compared with 10.4% for top-ranked Eastern Airlines.