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BBC News
- British Airways: Passengers complain about lack of informationPassengers stranded at Heathrow airport say that they are being kept in the dark by the airline, as disruptions continue.
- BA flight disruption at Heathrow set for third daySome short-haul flights from Heathrow continue to be disrupted by a worldwide computer crash.
Financial Times
- British Airways counts cost of outage disruptionOther airlines have suffered similar woes that hit revenues and profits
- BA flight disruption spills over into third dayShort-haul trips from Heathrow still suffering delays as IT failure fallout lingers
The Guardian
- Laptop ban could apply to all flights to US, homeland security chief saysJohn Kelly says terrorists are ‘obsessed’ with downing a plane, ‘particularly if it’s a US carrier, particularly if it’s full of mostly US folks’The Trump administration is considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the US, homeland security secretary John Kelly said on Sunday.Kelly, a retired general, was asked on Fox News Sunday if he would expand an existing ban to cover laptops on all international flights into and out of the US. Continue reading...
- BA computer crash: passengers face third day of disruption at HeathrowTravellers warned to check the status of their flights before heading to airport as Gatwick says it will run full schedule on MondayBritish Airways passengers are facing a third day of disruption at Heathrow as the beleaguered airline continues to deal with the fallout from a computer crash.Both Heathrow and Gatwick have warned Bank Holiday travellers that they should check the status of their flights before travelling to the airports on Monday where scenes of chaos unfolded over the weekend. Continue reading...
The Herald
- BA flights crisis: Scots families spend night on yoga matsSCOTS families among thousands of stranded holidaymakers spent another night on yoga mats on airport floors as disruption from the British Airways system failure continued into a second day.
The Scotsman
- British Airways disruption continues after IT failureDisruption continued at Heathrow after a British Airways IT failure grounded scores of planes and left thousands stranded.
- Aerospace sector revs up to �8bn so far this yearThe value of aircraft production to the UK in the first four months of 2017 is estimated at £8 billion, the industry’s trade body says in a report today.
The Telegraph
- British Airways: Stranded passengers charged thousands for hotel rooms and warned disruption could last days
- 'Computer says no!': Ryanair can't resist dig at British Airways as upmarket rival's service goes into meltdown
Times Online
- Airbus has a warning for post-Brexit Britain as it expands its plant in Alabama [Subscription]Plans for the aerospace giant’s factory in Mobile could teach its British base a salutary lesson
- BA faces £150m loss after chaos at Heathrow [subscription]British Airways is facing losses of more than £150 million after the most serious IT failure in UK aviation history.
- Stranded travellers vent fury at BA [subscription]A wedding photographer had to postpone her marriage on a Greek island when her family, including three bridesmaids, were stranded at Heathrow for 13 hours.
Mail Online
- British Airways chaos and was cost cutting to blame? British Airways was accused of a ‘moronic’ cover-up last night after an IT meltdown caused mass flight cancellations over the weekend and brought misery to 300,000 passengers.
- British Airways' cost-cutting boss gags his staff Alex Cruz, who was brought in to cut costs at the airline, has so far refused to be publicly questioned on the crisis that has ruined families’ holidays.
Birmingham Mail
- British Airways cancels flights - how to find out if you're owed compensation Air travel experts say BA is likely to face a massive cost in lost revenue and payouts to customers whose flights were cancelled
London Evening Standard
- British Airways: Passengers 'charged hundreds for hotels' after computer crash cancels flights from Heathrow and GatwickFurious holidaymakers have told of being left stranded in London after a British Airways computer crash caused chaos at airports and grounded flights worldwide.
Buying Business Travel
- British Airways to resume majority of flights after IT failureAll flights from Heathrow and Gatwick were cancelled on Saturday
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